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Ethics and Sex presents a systematic study of the nature and moral significance of human sexuality and of the major issues in sexual morality.
The book is divided into two main parts. Part One gives a critical analysis of the key conceptions of human sexuality. Part Two discusses the most important issues in sexual morality: monogamy; adultery; prostitution; homosexuality; paedophilia; sexual harassment and rape.
In this controversial and accessible book, the author demonstrates that many of the prohibitions that make up conventional sexual morality cannot withstand critical scrutiny.
List of contents
Part 1 The Basics; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Sex and Procreation; Chapter 3 Sex and Love; Chapter 4 Sex as Language; Chapter 5 The Pleasure of Sex; Chapter 6 Sexual Perversion; Part 2 The Issues; Chapter 7 Marriage, Adultery, Jealousy; Chapter 8 Prostitution; Chapter 9 Homosexuality; Chapter 10 Pedophilia; Chapter 11 Sexual Harassment and Rape; Chapter 12 Concluding Remarks;
About the author
Igor Primoratz is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of Justifying Legal Punishment (1989 and 1997) and the editor of Human Sexuality (1997).
Summary
Ethics and Sex presents a systematic study of the nature and moral significance of human sexuality and of the major issues in sexual morality.
