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The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings is a book edited by Raja Halwani, Alan Soble, Jacob M. Held, and Sarah Hoffman in which the authors provide philosophical analyses of different aspects of human sexuality.
| Author | Raja Halwani, Alan Soble, Jacob M. Held, Sarah Hoffman (editors) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | philosophy of sex |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Publication date | 1980 (1st ed), 1991 (2nd ed), 1997 (3rd ed), 2017 (7th ed) |
| Media type | Print, ebook |
| Pages | 552 |
| ISBN | 9781442261440 |
Reception
editThe book was reviewed by Randy Cagle,[1] Jesse Kalin[2] and David Archard.[3][4] It also received short reviews by Marianne Janack (John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, Hamilton College), Ronald de Sousa (Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Toronto), Arina Pismenny (Montclair State University), James P. Sterba (University of Notre Dame), Thom Brooks (Durham University), and Timothy F. Murphy (University of Illinois College of Medicine).[5]
Essays
edit1. Introduction: The Analytic Categories of the Philosophy of Sex, Alan Soble with Raja Halwani
2. Are We Having Sex Now or What?, Greta Christina
3. Sexual Perversion, Thomas Nagel
4. Plain Sex, Alan H. Goldman
5. Sex and Sexual Perversion, Robert Gray
6. Chatting Is Not Cheating, John Portmann
7. An Essay on Masturbation, Alan Soble
8. Trans 101, Talia Mae Bettcher
9. The Negotiative Theory of Gender Identity and the Limits of First-Person Authority, Burkay Ozturk
10. Bisexuality and Bisexual Marriage, Kayley Vernallis
11. Racial Sexual Desires, Raja Halwani
12. Is “Loving More” Better? The Values of Polyamory, Elizabeth Brake
13. What Is Sexual Orientation, Robin Dembroff
14. Thinking Queerly about Sex and Sexuality, Kim Q. Hall
15. LGBTQ . . . Z?, Kathy Rudy
16. Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person, Thomas A. Mappes
17. Sexual Use, Alan Soble
18. Consent and Sexual Relations, Alan Wertheimer
19. Dark Desires, Seiriol Morgan
20. The Harms of Consensual Sex, Robin West
21. Sexual Objectification, Lina Papadaki
22. Casual Sex, Promiscuity, and Objectification, Raja Halwani
23. BDSM, Shaun Miller
24. Two Views of Sexual Ethics: Promiscuity, Pedophilia, and Rape, David Benatar
25. Gifts and Duties, Alan Soble
References
edit- ^ Cagle, Randy (2003). "Review of Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings, 4th edition, ed. Alan Soble". Essays in Philosophy. 4 (2): 191–193. doi:10.5840/eip20034214.
- ^ "Book Notes". Ethics. 92 (1): 178–197. 1981. doi:10.1086/292319. ISSN 0014-1704. JSTOR 2380725. S2CID 222818684.
- ^ ARCHARD, DAVID (2004). "Review of Sex and the Internet: a Guidebook for Clinicians; Values in Sex Education: From Principles to Practice; Sex and Heaven: Catholics in Bed and Prayer; The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings (fourth edition)". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 21 (1): 93–97. ISSN 0264-3758. JSTOR 24355111.
- ^ "Book Reviews". Journal of Applied Philosophy. 21 (1): 89–105. January 2004. doi:10.1111/j.0264-3758.2004.00265.x.
- ^ "The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings".
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