Philosophy Sex LoveA survey of the analytic and normative approaches taken to the subject by conservatives, religion, liberals, feminists, and others. Topics addressed include the nature of sexual pleasure, sexual desire, and sexual activity; the relationship between judgments about the psychological, biological, and social nature of human beings and judgments that certain sexual behaviors or desires are sexually perverted; the possibility of constructing principles of sexual ethics; the moral and social issues of rape, pornography, prostitution, adultery, promiscuity, masturbation, abortions, and contraception; and how issues within the philosophy of sex and love look different once gender is taken into account. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
Sexual Concepts | 3 |
Two People in a Restaurant | 16 |
La trahison des images | 22 |
Copyright | |
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