Philosophy of Sex

Raja Halwani is professor of philosophy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.Jacob M. Held is professor of philosophy and assistant provost for Academic Assessment and General Education at the University of Central Arkansas.Natasha McKeever is lecturer in philosophy at the University of Leads. Alan Soble is emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of New Orleans and teaches at Drexel University.

• Preface Introduction1. Are We Having Sex Now or What?, Greta Christina2. Sexual Perversion,Thomas Nagel3. Plain Sex, Alan Goldman4. Sex and Sexual Perversion, Robert Gray*5. Masturbation and the Continuum of Sexual Activities, Alan Soble*6. Love: What’s Sex Got to Do with It?, Natasha McKeever7. Is “Loving More” Better? The Values of Polyamory, Elizabeth Brake*8. What Is Sexual Orientation?, Robin Dembroff*9. Sexual Orientation: What Is It?, Kathleen Stock*10. Asexuality, Luke Brunning and Natasha McKeever11. LGBTQ ... Z?, Kathy Rudy*12. How to Be a Pluralist About Gender Categories, Katharine Jenkins13. The Negotiative Theory of Gender Identity and the Limits of First-Person Authority, Burkay Ozturk14. Racial Sexual Desires, Raja Halwani*15. Sex and Technology: The Ethics of Virtual Connection, Neil McArthur*16. A Realist Sexual Ethics, Micah Newman17. Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person, Thomas Mappes18. Sexual Use, Alan Soble19. Dark Desires, Seiriol Morgan20. The Harms of Consensual Sex, Robin West21. Casual Sex, Promiscuity, and Objectification, Raja Halwani22. Is Prostitution Harmful?, Ole Martin Moen23. BDSM, Shaun Miller24. Two Views of Sexual Ethics: Promiscuity, Pedophilia, and Rape, David Benatar25. Sexual Gifts and Sexual Duties, Alan SobleA Bibliography of the Philosophy of Sex*new to this edition

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