Sexual Ethics - An Anthology

An accessible and engaging anthology of readings focused specifically on applied ethics issues of sexual morality
 
Sexual Ethics: An Anthology addresses conceptual, ethical, and public policy issues about sex, providing a balanced and non-sectarian discussion of many of today's most important and controversial moral topics. Covering a broad range of contemporary sexual ethics issues, this easily accessible textbook includes explications and point/counterpoint pieces on the definition of sex and sexual orientation, sexual harassment and rape law, sexual discrimination, age of consent, marriage and adultery, online affairs, gay marriage, polygamy and polyamory, sexual orientation change therapy, transgender and sex reassignment surgery, intersexed infants and surgery, pornography, prostitution, psychiatric classifications of sexuality disorders, and specific paraphilias. Organized around six broad themes--Consent, Marriage, Homosexuality, Transgender, Commerce, and Paraphilias--Sexual Ethics presents multiple sides of each issue, offering diverse perspectives on critical topics, supported by relevant philosophical arguments, position papers, psychological studies, government regulations, and court rulings.
 
Sexual Ethics is particularly designed to provide a ready-made course in sexual ethics, with several major elements ideally suited for classroom instructors and students:
* Includes an introductory chapter on key definitional, conceptual, and theoretical issues
* Features "Framing Questions" for each section that address a major moral or policy issue and highlights the pro/con nature of the readings (e.g., How should we define rape? Should pornography be protected as free speech?)
* Features a short summary at the beginning of each reading, including the topic, major points, and conclusion, very helpful for instructor planning
* Features 15 "Discussion Starters" that help students start thinking critically and talking about sexual ethics before doing any reading
* Features 45 brief "Decision Cases" drawn from major media stories especially relevant to the college student context, including college virginity, male rape, child pornography on television, college sexual harassment, faux-bisexuality, fraternity party sex, transgender inclusion, race and sex, asexuality, bromances, campus pride groups, fetishes and kink, online sex, Title IX mandatory reporting, transgender sports competition, religious diversity and sex, sex education, feminists working at sexually exploitative jobs, cancel culture, and robot sex. These cases are ideal for class discussion, class presentations, and research paper topics.
 
Sexual Ethics: An Anthology is an excellent textbook for undergraduate classes in applied ethics, sexual ethics, and gender studies, as well as related courses in sociology, public policy, marriage and family law, and social work.

List of contents

Preface: How This Book Is Organized and How to Use It x
 
Acknowledgements xiii
 
Part I Introduction to Sex, Sexuality, and Sexual Ethics 1
 
1 What is Sex? What is Sexuality? What is Sexual Ethics? 3
patrick d. hopkins
 
Section 1: What is Sex? 4
 
1.1 Discussion Starters 4
 
1.2 The Problem of Definitions 4
 
1.3 Solutions to the Problem of Definitions 7
 
1.4 Decision Cases 7
 
Section 2: What is Sexuality? 12
 
2.1 Discussion Starters 12
 
2.2 Definitions 13
 
2.3 Contextual Categorizations 15
 
2.4 Decision Cases 16
 
Section 3: What is Sexual Ethics? 21
 
3.1 Discussion Starters 21
 
3.2 Methods of Ethics 22
 
3.3 Moral Psychology and Analysis 24
 
3.4 Decision Cases 25
 
Part II Consent and Coercion 33
 
How should we define sexual harassment?
 
2 A Feminist Definition of Sexual Harassment 35
Anita M. Superson
 
3 Lost Innocence 45
Laurence Thomas
 
4 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Domino's Pizza, Inc. 53
United States District Court (M.D. Florida, Tampa Division)
 
5 Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. 58
United States Supreme Court
 
How should we define rape?
 
6 Force, Consent, and the Reasonable Woman 62
Joan Mcgregor
 
7 Rape and the Reasonable Man 74
Donald Hubin And Karen Healy
 
8 Revisions to the Uniform Crime Report's Definition of Rape 84
United States Department Of Justice
 
How should we assess the age of consent?
 
9 Romeo and Juliet Were Sex Offenders: An Analysis of the Age of Consent and a Call for Reform 86
Steve James
 
10 A Bee Line in the Wrong Direction: Science, Teenagers, and the Sting to the "Age of Consent" 98
Jennifer Ann Drobac
 
Part III Marriage and Fidelity 117
 
Should we provide new options for heterosexual marriage?
 
11 Covenant Marriage Seven Years Later: Its as Yet Unfulfilled Promise 119
Katherine Shaw Spaht
 
12 Regulatory Fictions: On Marriage and Countermarriage 129
Elizabeth F. Emens
 
Should we legalize gay marriage?
 
13 A Traditionalist Case for Gay Marriage 147
Dale Carpenter
 
14 A Response to the 'Conservative Case' for Same- Sex Marriage: Same- Sex Marriage and the 'Tragedy of the Commons' 154
Lynn D. Wardles
 
15 United States v. Windsor, Executor of the Estate of Spyer 167
Supreme Court Of The United States
 
Should we legalize polygamous marriage?
 
16 Marriage 170
Marci Hamilton
 
17 Liberalism and the Polygamy Question 178
Jon Mahoney
 
18 Multi- Player Option 185
Michelle Chihara
 
Is adultery necessarily immoral?
 
19 Is Adultery Immoral? 189
Richard Wasserstrom
 
20 What's Really Wrong with Adultery? 197
Michael J. Wreen
 
How should we define adultery?
 
21 Sex Online: Is This Adultery? 201
Christine Tavella Hall
 
22 Virtual Adultery: No Physical Harm, No Foul? 211
Kathryn Pfeiffer
 
Part IV Homosexuality and Policy 221
 
How should homosexuality be understood?
 
23 Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal 223
Michael Levin
 
24 Homosexuality and Nature: Happiness and the Law at Stake 233
Timothy F. Murphy
 
What should the law be about homosexuality?
 
25 Bowers v. Hardwick 239
United States Supreme Court
 
26 Lawrence v. Texas 253
United States Supreme Court
 
How should we assess attempts to change sexual orientation?
 
27 Therapies Focused on Attempts to Change Sexual Orientation (Reparative or Conversion Therapies): COPP Position Statement 260<

About the author

PATRICK D. HOPKINS is the Jennie Carlisle Golding Chair of Philosophy at Millsaps College and Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is the editor of Sex/Machine: Readings in Culture, Gender, and Technology and is the author of numerous articles on bioethics, moral psychology, gender studies, and science and technology studies.

Summary

An accessible and engaging anthology of readings focused specifically on applied ethics issues of sexual morality

Sexual Ethics: An Anthology addresses conceptual, ethical, and public policy issues about sex, providing a balanced and non-sectarian discussion of many of today's most important and controversial moral topics. Covering a broad range of contemporary sexual ethics issues, this easily accessible textbook includes explications and point/counterpoint pieces on the definition of sex and sexual orientation, sexual harassment and rape law, sexual discrimination, age of consent, marriage and adultery, online affairs, gay marriage, polygamy and polyamory, sexual orientation change therapy, transgender and sex reassignment surgery, intersexed infants and surgery, pornography, prostitution, psychiatric classifications of sexuality disorders, and specific paraphilias. Organized around six broad themes--Consent, Marriage, Homosexuality, Transgender, Commerce, and Paraphilias--Sexual Ethics presents multiple sides of each issue, offering diverse perspectives on critical topics, supported by relevant philosophical arguments, position papers, psychological studies, government regulations, and court rulings.

Sexual Ethics is particularly designed to provide a ready-made course in sexual ethics, with several major elements ideally suited for classroom instructors and students:
* Includes an introductory chapter on key definitional, conceptual, and theoretical issues
* Features "Framing Questions" for each section that address a major moral or policy issue and highlights the pro/con nature of the readings (e.g., How should we define rape? Should pornography be protected as free speech?)
* Features a short summary at the beginning of each reading, including the topic, major points, and conclusion, very helpful for instructor planning
* Features 15 "Discussion Starters" that help students start thinking critically and talking about sexual ethics before doing any reading
* Features 45 brief "Decision Cases" drawn from major media stories especially relevant to the college student context, including college virginity, male rape, child pornography on television, college sexual harassment, faux-bisexuality, fraternity party sex, transgender inclusion, race and sex, asexuality, bromances, campus pride groups, fetishes and kink, online sex, Title IX mandatory reporting, transgender sports competition, religious diversity and sex, sex education, feminists working at sexually exploitative jobs, cancel culture, and robot sex. These cases are ideal for class discussion, class presentations, and research paper topics.

Sexual Ethics: An Anthology is an excellent textbook for undergraduate classes in applied ethics, sexual ethics, and gender studies, as well as related courses in sociology, public policy, marriage and family law, and social work.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick D Hopkins, Patrick D. Hopkins, Patrick D. (Millsaps College Hopkins, Pd Hopkins
• Assisted by: Patrick D Hopkins (Editor), Patrick D. Hopkins (Editor), Hopkins Patrick D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781118615867
• ISBN: 978-1-118-61586-7
• No. of pages: 480
• Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Ethik, Geschlecht, Soziologie, Philosophie, Sociology, Angewandte Ethik, Philosophy, Gender & Sexuality, Religious ethics, Applied Ethics, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Religionsethik, Geschlecht u. Sexualität