College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone: Philosophers With Benefits

by Series Editor: Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University, The Nanoethics Group); Editor: Michael Bruce (works in the non-profit sector with at-risk youth, USA); Editor: Robert M. Stewart (California State University, Chico, USA); Foreword by: He

• ISBN13: 9781444324495
• ISBN10: 1444324497
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Philosophy has a history of expanding wisdom to include more worldly affairs. Continuing this tradition, College Sex – Philosophy for Everyone investigates a broad array of philosophical and moral issues relating to the sexual practices of students. Within the unique social setting of college comes a varied assortment of sexual relations and experiments, ranging from the mutually respectful, to the inebriated, meaningless, and the degrading. So lay back and ponder: *Do students’ sexual acts need to involve love in order to have value? *Should college students avoid a “friends with benefits” relationship? *Should we condone relationships between students and teachers? *Why is college a socially acceptable space for experimentation?

Written with insight and humor, the essays shed light on sexual relations in college and examine a range of ethical issues, including: dating, cheating, courtship, homosexual experimentation, and drug and alcohol use, within the college setting.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Campus Orientation: An Introduction to College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone

Freshman Year: Hook-Up Culture

Sex and Socratic Experimentation

The Straight Sex Experiment (Bassam Romaya).

The Virtual Bra Clasp: Navigating Technology in College Courtship

Smeared Makeup and Stiletto Heels: Clothing, Sexuality, and the Walk of Shame

Relations at a Distance

Sophomore Year: Friends With Benefits

What's Love Got to Do with It?: Epicureanism and Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits: A Precarious Negotiation

The Philosophy of Friends with Benefits: What College Students Think They Know

Ethics of College Sex

A Horny Dilemma: Sex and Friendship between Students and Professors

Philosophers and the Not So Platonic Student-Teacher Relationship

Thinking About Thinking About Sex

Exploring the Association Between Love and Sex

Sex for a College Education

Sex and Self-Respect

Meaningful Sex and Moral Respect

Robert M. Stewart

Can Girls Go Wild With Self-Respect

Mutual Respect and Sexual Morality: How to Have College Sex Well

Bad Faith or True Desire?: A Sartrean View on College Sex

Notes on Contributors

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