Sexual Ethics and Problematic Consent - When Does Yes Mean No?

Boonin discusses a variety of cases where someone says yes to having sex under conditions that make it unclear whether their saying yes should count as the kind of consent that makes it okay to have sex with them. These include problematic cases involving coercion, deception, incompetence, and manipulation.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Coercion and Sexual Consent


• 3: Deception and Sexual Consent


• 4: Incompetence and Sexual Consent


• 5: Manipulation and Sexual Consent

About the author

David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder. He received his B.A. in philosophy and history summa cum laude from Yale University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. He taught at Georgetown University (1992-94) and Tulane University (1994-98) before taking up his current position at CU in 1998. He is the author of many titles including Beyond Roe (2019) and Dead Wrong (2019).

Summary

Boonin discusses a variety of cases where someone says yes to having sex under conditions that make it unclear whether their saying yes should count as the kind of consent that makes it okay to have sex with them. These include problematic cases involving coercion, deception, incompetence, and manipulation.

Product details

• Authors: Boonin , David Boonin, David (Professor of Philosophy Boonin, Boonin David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2024
• EAN: 9780192869692
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286969-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law