Philosophy of Sex Contemporary Readings

Name: Philosophy of Sex Contemporary Readings
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ISBN: 9780742547988

ISBN-10: 0742547981

ISBN-13: 9780742547988

Edition: 5th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Alan Soble, Nicholas Power, David Benatar, Cheshire Calhoun, Greta Christina

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This book's thirty essays explore philosophically the nature and morality of sexual perversion, cybersex, masturbation, homosexuality, contraception, same-sex marriage, promiscuity, pedophilia, date rape, sexual objectification, teacher-student relationships, pornography, and prostitution. Authors include Martha Nussbaum, Thomas Nagel, Alan Goldman, John Finnis, Sallie Tisdale, Robin West, Alan Wertheimer, John Corvino, Cheshire Calhoun, Jerome Neu, and Alan Soble, among others. A valuable resource for sex researchers as well as undergraduate courses in the philosophy of sex.

Book details

List price: $66.00
Edition: 5th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/19/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 552
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Sarah Herbert is a Local Authority Advisory Teacher and trainer with SENJIT. She spent much of her teaching career working as a special educational needs coordinator and teaching in and managing inclusive units within mainstream schools.




Analysis and perversion



The analytic categories of the philosophy of sex




Are we having sex now or what?




Sexual perversion




Sexual behavior : another position




Plain sex




Masturbation, again




Sex




Is cybersex sex?




Homosexuality and reproduction



The wrong of homosexuality




Homosexuality and infertility




Periodic continence




In defense of homosexuality




Beyond gay marriage : the road to polyamory




In defense of same-sex marriage




Sexual identity and sexual justice




Use, objectification, and consent - the theory



Sexual morality and the concept of using another person




Sexual exploitation and the value of persons




Sexual use




Consent and sexual relations




The harms of consensual sex




Two views of sexual ethics : promiscuity, pedophilia, and rape




Virtue ethics, casual sex, and objectification




Use, objectification, and consent - applied topics



Prostitution : a subjective position




"Whether from reason or prejudice" : taking money for bodily services




Pornography as embodied practice




Talk dirty to me




Pornography and the social sciences




Power, sex, and friendship in academia




Antioch's "sexual offense policy" : a philosophical exploration




AH! My foolish heart : a reply to Alan Soble's "Antioch's 'sexual offense policy' : a philosophical exploration"