Good Sex: Perspectives on Sexual Ethics

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University Press of Kansas, 1993 - Psychology - 316 pages
Rules about sexuality, written and unwritten, have existed in every culture as have disagreements over what is and isn't acceptable. Must morally permissible sex have only one function? Must it be heterosexual? Must it occur within the confines of the institution of marriage? Must it be accompanied by requisite emotions such as love and intimacy?
 

Contents

The Western TraditionTheology Philosophy
13
JudeoChristianity
25
Love and Intimacy
56
The Sanctity of Contract and the Horror
86
The Leftist CritiquePolitics Economics
109
Feminist Rejoinders to
126
In Search of UnderstandingMediating Tensions
173
Bestiality Necrophilia
228
Science or Sham?
259
Notes
275
Index
311
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