Philosophy and Sex

by BAKER, ROBERTELLISTON, FREDERICK A.

• ISBN13: 9781573921848
• ISBN10: 157392184X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Prometheus Books

Summary

A classic sourcebook that has, for two decades, helped thousands rethink their views of ethics and human sexuality, now all new and totally revised for the challenges of a new century. It features essays on adultery, monogamy, perversion, homosexuality, pederasty, sex without love, sexual equality, and much more.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Third Edition	11	(6)
Introduction to the First Edition	17	(26)
Part One: Love, Marriage, and Reproduction	43	(238)
1. Love: A Feminist Critique	43	(14)
Shulamith Firestone
2. Love and Feminism	57	(16)
Robert C. Solomon
3. In Defense of Promiscuity	73	(18)
Frederick A. Elliston
4. The Purpose of Sex	91	(5)
Thomas Aquinas
5. Humanae Vitae	96	(10)
Pope Paul VI
6. Declaration on Certain Questions concerning Sexual Ethics	106	(10)
the Vatican
7. Marriage, Love, and Procreation	116	(14)
Michael D. Bayles
8. Marital Faithfulness	130	(9)
Susan Mendus
9. Is Adultery Immoral?	139	(12)
Richard Wasserstrom
10. Adultery and Fidelity	151	(14)
Mike W. Martin
11. Sexual Ontology and Group Marriage	165	(12)
Stephen R.L. Clark
12. Is It Wrong to Discriminate on the Basis of Homosexuality?	177	(13)
Jeff Jordan
13. The Case for Gay Marriage	190	(22)
Richard D. Mohr
14. Same-Sex Marriage: A Philosophical Defense	212	(19)
Ralph Wedgwood
15. A Defense of Abortion	231	(15)
Judith Jarvis Thomson
16. On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion	246	(15)
Mary Anne Warren
17. Abortion, Infanticide, and the Asymmetric Value of Human Life	261	(20)
Jeffrey Reiman
Part Two: Gender, Sexuality, and Perversion	281	(252)
18. "Pricks" and "Chicks": A Plea for "Persons"	281	(25)
Robert B. Baker
19. Linguistic Sexes and Genders	306	(5)
Luce Irigaray
20. Where Is She in Language?	311	(7)
Helene Cixous
21. The Man without a Penis: Libidinal Economies That (Re)cognize the Hypernature of Gender	318	(8)
Margaret M. Nash
22. Sexual Perversion	326	(11)
Thomas Nagel
23. Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal	337	(13)
Michael Levin
24. An Essay on "Paederasty"	350	(15)
Jeremy Bentham
25. Pathologizing Homosexuality	365	(18)
Robert B. Baker
26. Essentialism and Constructionism in Sexual Orientation	383	(14)
Edward Stein
27. Taking Responsibility for Sexuality	397	(8)
Joyce Trebilcot
28. Domain	405	(8)
Michel Foucault
29. Is There a History of Sexuality?	413	(19)
David M. Halperin
30. Sexual Matters: On Conceptualizing Sexuality in History	432	(17)
Robert Padgug
31. Sex and the Logic of Late Capitalism	449	(27)
Linda Singer
32. Conceptual History and Conceptions of Perversion	476	(11)
Arnold I. Davidson
33. Making Up People	487	(13)
Ian Hacking
34. Dangerous Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Pedophilia	500	(33)
Linda Martin Alcoff
Part Three: Desire, Pornography, and Rape	533	(136)
35. Patriarchal Sex	533	(16)
Robert Jensen
36. This Sex Which Is Not One	549	(7)
Luce Irigaray
37. Why Do Men Enjoy Pornography?	556	(11)
Alan Soble
38. Surviving Sexual Violence: A Philosophical Perspective	567	(16)
Susan J. Brison
39. What's Wrong with Rape	583	(11)
Pamela Foa
40. Men in Groups: Collective Responsibility for Rape	594	(17)
Larry May
Robert Strikwerda
41. The Rape Crisis, or "Is Dating Dangerous?"	611	(10)
Katie Roiphe
42. Is Rape Sex or Violence? Conceptual Issues and Implications	621	(19)
Charlene L. Muehlenhard
Sharon Danoff-Burg
Irene G. Powch
43. The Antioch College Sexual Offense Prevention Policy	640	(21)
Antioch College
44. The Antioch Policy, a Community Experiment in Communicative Sexuality	661	(8)
Matthew C. Silliman
List of Contributors	669