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9781573921848

Philosophy and Sex

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  • ISBN13:

    9781573921848

  • ISBN10:

    157392184X

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1998-04-01
  • Publisher: Prometheus Books
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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

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