The philosophy of sex and love : an introduction / Alan Soble.
"This introductory textbook is an overview of the nature and the ethics of the many aspects of sex and love"--Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781557788757 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1557788758 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Physical Description: xx, 327 p. ; 23 cm.
- Edition: 2nd ed.
- Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Paragon House, 2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-305) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Love. Sex. Sexual ethics. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | BD 436 .S585 2008 | 30538673 | General Collection | Available | - |