The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings

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Raja Halwani, Jacob M. Held, Natasha McKeever, Alan Soble
Rowman & Littlefield, Feb 28, 2022 - Philosophy - 664 pages


With twenty-five essays, seven of which are new to the eighth edition, this best-selling volume examines the nature, morality, and social meanings of contemporary sexual phenomena. Topics include: sexual desire and activity, masturbation, Sexual orientation, asexuality, transgender issues, Zoophilia, rape, casual sex and promiscuity, love and sex, polyamory, sexual consent, sexual, perversion, sexual ethics, objectification, BDSM, sex and technology, sex and race, and sex work. Updated and new discussion questions offer students starting points for debate in both the classroom and the bedroom.

 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 Are We Having Sex Now or What?
15
2 Sexual Perversion
23
3 Plain Sex
37
4 Sex and Sexual Perversion
57
5 Masturbation and the Continuum of Sexual Activities
69
Whats Sex Got to Do with It?
97
7 Is Loving More Better?
121
16 A Realist Sexual Ethics
355
17 Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person
375
18 Sexual Use
395
19 Dark Desires
425
20 The Harms of Consensual Sex
449
21 Casual Sex Promiscuity and Objectification
459
22 Is Prostitution Harmful?
481
23 BDSM
507

8 What Is Sexual Orientation?
141
What Is It?
163
10 Asexuality
185
11 LGBTQ Z?
215
12 How to Be a Pluralist about Gender Categories
233
13 The Negotiative Theory of Gender Identity and the Limits of FirstPerson Authority
261
14 Racial Sexual Desires
285
15 Sex and Technology
331
24 Two Views of Sexual Ethics
527
25 Sexual Gifts and Sexual Duties
539
A Bibliography of the Philosophy of Sex
559
Index
625
_GoBack
643
About the Editors
645
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Bibliographic information

TitleThe Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings
EditorsRaja Halwani, Jacob M. Held, Natasha McKeever, Alan Soble
PublisherRowman & Littlefield, 2022
ISBN1538155389, 9781538155387
Length664 pages
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Philosophy / Essays
Philosophy / Social
Psychology / Human Sexuality
Social Science / Gender Studies
  
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