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Sex, Morality, and the Law

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ISBN-10: 0415916364

ISBN-13: 9780415916363

Edition: 1997

Authors: Lori Gruen, George Panichas

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Sex, Morality, and the Lawcombines legal opinion and philosophical analysis to explore the controversial issues surrounding state control of sexual and reproductive behavior. This unique anthology focuses on six topics of enduring moral, social, and legal concern: homosexual sex, prostitution, pornography, abortion, sexual harassment, and rape. Included in each are substantial excerpts from recent or influential court decisions, followed by scholarly essays bearing specific relevance to the arguments of the courts. These papers, representing a variety of perspectives, raise and rigorously debate complex moral and social issues.
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Book details

List price: $51.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/5/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.94" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.386

Lori Gruen is associate professor of philosophy at Wesleyan University, where she also chairs the Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and directs the Ethics in Society Project. She has published widely on topics in practical ethics, including animal ethics and mind, feminist ethics and politics, and philosophy of law. She is currently engaged in ongoing collaborations with Laura Grabel addressing biological ethics.Laura Grabel is Fisk Professor of Natural Sciences and professor of biology at Wesleyan University. She has worked with embryonic stem cells for more than twenty years, and her current projects include identifying signals that promote the differentiation of embryonic…    

George A. Panichas is professor emeritus of English at the University of Maryland and editor of Modern Age: A Quarterly Review. Among his numerous writings are The Reverent Discipline: Essays in Literary Criticism and Culture and The Courage of Judgment: Essays in Criticism, Culture and Society.

Preface
Lesbian and Gay Sex
Bowers v. Hardwick
Romer v. Evans
History, Homosexuality, and Political Values: Searching for the Hidden Determinants of Bowers v. Hardwick
Homosexuality and the "Unnaturalness Argument"
Gay Basics
A Moral Justification for Gay and Lesbian Civil Rights Legislation
Prostitution
People v. Johnson
Charges against Prostitution: An Attempt at a Philosophical Assessment
Prostitution
World Whores' Congress Statements
Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution?
Pornography
Paris Adult Theatre 1 v. Slaton
American Booksellers Assn., Inc. v. Hudnut
Pornography, Obscenity, and the Case for Censorship
Pornography, Civil Rights, and Speech
Confessions of a Feminist Porno Star
Brief Amici Curiae of Feminist Anti-Censorship Taskforce, et al., in American Booksellers Assn. v. Hudnut
Liberty and Pornography
Abortion
Griswold v. Connecticut
Roe v. Wade
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
A Defense of Abortion
On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion
Why Abortion Is Immoral
Abortion through a Feminist Ethics Lens
An Ethical Challenge to Prochoice Advocates: Abortion and the Pluralistic Proposition
Sexual Harassment
Meritor Savings Bank, FSB v. Vinson et al.
A Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment
Lost Innocence
Sexual Harassment
Rape
Commonwealth v. Mlinarich
Enduring Distrust: The Modern Law of Force
Rape: On Coercion and Consent
Date Rape: A Feminist Analysis
Date Rape, Social Convention, and Reasonable Mistakes