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Writing for non-specialists and students as well as for fellow philosophers, this book explores some basic issues surrounding sex and love in today's world, among them consent, objectification, non-monogamy, racial stereotyping, and the need to reconcile contemporary expectations about gender equality with our beliefs about how love works. Author Patricia Marino argues that we cannot fully understand these issues by focusing only on individual desires and choices. Instead, we need to examine the social contexts within which choices are made and acquire their meanings. That perspective, she argues, is especially needed today, when the values of individualism, self-expression, and self-interest permeate our lives. Marino asks how we can fit these values, which govern so many areas of contemporary life, with the generosity, caring, and selflessness we expect in love and sex.Key Features of The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Opinionated IntroductionOffers a contemporary, problems-based approach to the subject, helping students and others better understand and address current issues and controversial questionsIncludes coverage of sex and love as they intersect with topics like disability, race, medicine, and economicsConsiders not only the ethical, but also the broadly social and political dimensions of sex and loveIncludes a helpful introduction and conclusion in each chapter and is written throughout in a clear and straightforward style, with examples and sign-posts to help guide the student and general readerA comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography provides a valuable tool for anyone's further research
Contents
DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. Sex, relationships, and respect: the problem of objectification Introduction1. Sex as inherently objectifying: the view of Immanuel Kant 2. Feminist theories of objectification3. Nussbaum on the varying aspects of objectification4. Challenges for Nussbaum's theoryConclusion Chapter 2: Objectification, autonomy, and pornographyIntroduction1. Objectification and social autonomy2. Social autonomy and adaptive preferences3. A social perspective on pornography4. The "pornutopia" and pornography's falsity5. Beyond the heterosexual context Chapter 3: Consent and rape lawIntroduction 1. A short history of the law of consent2. "'No' means no" 3. Communicative sexuality and non-verbal consent4. The Antioch Policy and verbal consent5. Affirmative consent, sexual autonomy, and the law ConclusionChapter 4 Sex work: commodification and capitalism Introduction 1. Sex work and the law2. Sex work as a free contractual exchange3. Sex work, commodification, and the specialness of sex4. Commercialized sex in context 5. Sexual surrogacyConclusion Chapter 5: Theories of love: the union view Introduction 1. Why a theory of love?2. The union theory and its difficulties3. The relationship of self and "we"4. The "we" as a merger of ends and desires 5. Love and irrationalityConclusion Chapter 6: Another theory of love: love as caring concernIntroduction 1. Love as caring concern2. Disinterestedness and reciprocity3. Love and autonomy in the union and concern theories4. Love, autonomy, and deference5. Love and rationality revisited: appraisal and bestowal ConclusionChapter 7: Love, Fairness, and Equality Introduction 1. Union theories and balancing2. Concern theories and deliberation 3. Equality and fairness4. Why a theory of love, revisited Conclusion Chapter 8: Orientations of sex and love Introduction 1. Concepts, terminology, and history2. The "born that way" and "not a choice" arguments: conceptual complexities 3. The "born that way" and "not a choice" arguments: ethical and political complexities4. Orientations and values of sex and loveConclusionChapter 9: Love and marriageIntroduction 1. The nature of marriage 2. Is marriage a promise? 3. Gender and the institution of marriage 4. Is marriage bad for love?Conclusion Chapter 10: Sex, love, and raceIntroduction1. Race in cultural context2. Some Problems with racialized preferences 3. Further evaluation: causes and consequences of racialized preferences4. Marriage and racial solidarity Conclusion Chapter 11: Sex, love, and disabilityIntroduction 1. Disability in context2. Physical disabilities and sexual surrogacy3. Surrogacy, intimacy, and love4. Intellectual disabilities and complexities of consent Conclusion Chapter 12: The medicalization of sex and loveIntroduction1. Medicalization and the "Viagra narrative"2. The social control of women's sexuality3. Recent scientific study of women's sexuality4. Non-concordance and the interpretation of desire5. Lack of desire and eagerness versus enjoying 6. Medicalization of love?Conclusion Chapter 13: Economics of sex and love Introduction 1. Economics and love: what is the problem?2. Altruism and the possibility of "self-interested" love 3. Economics and sex4. Sex, love, and economic methodologyConclusion Chapter 14. Ethical non-monogamy Introduction 1. What is ethical non-monogamy?2. The values of ethical non-monogamy3. The "paradox of prevalence and changing the law4. Challenges for ethical non-monogamy. Conclusion Conclusion References
