The philosophy of sex and love
Subtitle: an introduction
By: Alan Soble.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: The paragon issues in philosophy series
Publisher: Paragon House
Published: 2008
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781557788757
Subjects: Love; Sex; Sexual ethics
Description: "This introductory textbook is an overview of the nature and the ethics of the many aspects of sex and love"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The background; title: Projects; the significance of sex and love; secret pictures; sexual pluralism; title: A history of the philosophy of sex and love; title: The ancients; medieval philosophy; modern philosophy; the twentieth century; contemporary philosophy; title: Sex; title: Sexual concepts; title: Analytic questions; sexual activity; sexual desire; social constructionism; polysemicity (polysemy); sexual sensations; title: Sexual perversion; title: St. thomas aquinas; problems with natural law; psychological perversion; psychiatry and perversion; a conceptual framework; title: Sexual ethics; title: Contraception; beyond natural law; immanuel kant; contemporary kantian philosophy; utilitarianism; sadomasochism; love; title: Sexual politics; title: Consent, again; pedophilia; prostitution and marriage; marital rape; compulsory heterosexuality; pornography; title: Love; title: Varieties of love; title: What is love?; love and value; eros and agape; evaluating and assessing love; the fine gold thread; concern and benevolence; union; title: Features of love; title: Tangles in theories of love; exclusivity; uniqueness; irreplaceability; constancy; reciprocity; title: Sex, love, and marriage; title: Pauline marriage; the links; sex and love; the death of desire; saving marriage; reasons for monogamy; reasons for marriage; title: Gender; title: Women and men; gender and sex surveys; heterosexual failure; gendered sexuality; gendered love.