Philosophy of SexualityThis text offers a broad range of topics relating to the philosophy of sexuality. These include: morality; adultery; sex and gender differences; romantic love; gender-based speech; marriage; family and parenthood; feminism; and others. |
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Contents
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What Is Sexuality? | 18 |
Does Sex Have a Purpose? | 30 |
Feminism | 38 |
Sexual Morality | 56 |
Adultery and Fidelity | 76 |
Homosexuality | 83 |
The Morality of Abortion | 97 |
Gender Equality | 143 |
Sex Talk | 159 |
Romantic Love | 166 |
Marriage | 176 |
Family and Parenthood | 183 |
Notes | 191 |
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Page 15 - To be mistaken in the fundamental problem of " man and woman," to deny here the profoundest antagonism and the necessity for an eternally hostile tension, to dream here perhaps of equal rights, equal training, equal claims and obligations : that is a typical sign of shallow-mindedness ; and a thinker...
References to this book
The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings Alan Soble,Nicholas P. Power,Raja Halwani Snippet view - 2008 |