| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xx, 327 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
The Paragon issues in philosophy series
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| Summary |
"This introductory textbook is an overview of the nature and the ethics of the many aspects of sex and love"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-305) and index. |
| Contents |
The background -- Two projects; the significance of sex and love; secret pictures; sexual pluralism -- A history of the philosophy of sex and love -- The ancients; medieval philosophy; modern philosophy; the twentieth century; contemporary philosophy -- Sex -- Sexual concepts -- Analytic questions; sexual activity; sexual desire; social constructionism; polysemicity (polysemy); sexual sensations -- Sexual perversion -- St. Thomas Aquinas; problems with natural law; psychological perversion; psychiatry and perversion; a conceptual framework -- Sexual ethics -- Contraception; beyond natural law; Immanuel Kant; contemporary Kantian philosophy; utilitarianism; sadomasochism; love -- Sexual politics -- Consent, again; pedophilia; prostitution and marriage; marital rape; compulsory heterosexuality; pornography -- Love -- Varieties of love -- What is love?; love and value; eros and agape; evaluating and assessing love; the fine gold thread; concern and benevolence; union -- Features of love -- Tangles in theories of love; exclusivity; uniqueness; irreplaceability; constancy; reciprocity -- Sex, love, and marriage -- Pauline marriage; the links; sex and love; the death of desire; saving marriage; reasons for monogamy; reasons for marriage -- Gender -- Women and men; gender and sex surveys; heterosexual failure; gendered sexuality; gendered love. |
| Subject |
Love.
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Sex.
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Sexual ethics.
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| ISBN |
1557788758 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9781557788757 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000042944296 |
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