Sex, love, and friendship : studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, 1993-2003 / edited by Adrianne Leigh McEvoy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McEvoy, Adrianne.

Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love.

Series:

Value inquiry book series ; v. 232.

Histories and addresses of philosophical societies.

Value inquiry book series ; v. 232

Histories and addresses of philosophical societies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Love.

Friendship.

Homosexuality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (550 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The joke is that all the prostitutes go on vacation when the philosophers come to town. The reason that the other conventioneers do it; philosophers just talk about it. And talk about sex and love, and friendship is what the contributors to this volume do! They talk and argue, split hairs and clarify, all trying to advance our understanding of this most interesting practice of the human species. Some of the best minds on three continents, from four nations, and eighteen of the United States discuss such topics as adultery, commitment, cross dressing, gender politics, date rape, family, friendship, friends as lovers, gayness, love, marital pluralism, marriage, prostitution, religiously motivated anti-queer sentiments, same sex marriage, seduction, and self-respect. Rather than preach, participants probe our attitudes and practices involving these issues with the aim of better understanding the broad range of sexual practices of our species. The result is a collection of stimulating essays that can enliven class discussions as well as provide guidance for the sexually perplexed. The work is accessible to readers from high school through college and beyond.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

WHY LOVERS CAN’T BE FRIENDS / James Conlon

FEMINISM AND PROMISCUITY / Linda LeMoncheck

CLARIFYING THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?” / Ronald Suter

JUST FRIENDS, FRIENDS AND LOVERS, OR . . .? / Caroline J. Simon

THE MORALITY OF TEENAGE SEX AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SEX EDUCATION / Robert Van Wyk

THE BURDEN OF INITIATION / Robert Rosenfeld

THE COMPLEXITY OF “NO”: A RESPONSE TO ROSENFELD / Louisa Lee Moon

PROSTITUTION AND DATE RAPE: THE COMMODIFICATION OF “CONSENT” / Louisa Lee Moon

PARTICIPATION OR CONSENT: A RESPONSE TO MOON / Robert Rosenfeld

CAN A STOIC LOVE? / William O. Stephens

GENDER POLITICS AND THE CROSS-DRESSER / Patrick Hopkins

SPINOZA IN LOVE / Steven Barbone

WHITHER ROMANTIC LOVE / David Mertz

COMMITMENT AND THE BOND OF LOVE / Stanislas Marcus van Hooft

REPLY TO VAN HOOFT / Marshall Missner

VIRTUE ETHICS AND ADULTERY / Raja Halwani

CRITICAL RESPONSE TO “VIRTUE ETHICS AND ADULTERY” / Ana Victoria (Viki) Soady

SEXUAL EXPERIENCE / Nikolay Milkov

DESIRE AND AROUSAL / Al Spangler

WISE WOMAN VERSUS MANIC MAN: DIOTIMA AND ALCIBIADES IN PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM / William O. Stephens

WOUNDED EROS / Lee David Perlman

SELF-RESPECT AND LOVING OTHERS / Barbara S. Andrew

GENDER, JUSTICE WITHIN THE FAMILY, AND THE COMMITMENTS OF LIBERALISM / Robert F. Card

COMMENTS ON ROBERT CARD’S “GENDER, JUSTICE WITHIN THE FAMILY, AND THE COMMITMENTS OF LIBERALISM” / Cindy Holder

IUDS, STIS, AND DNA: RECONSIDERING HUME’S MODESTY PROPOSAL / Sheldon Wein

COMMENTARY ON SHELDON WEIN’S “IUDS, STIS, AND DNA: RECONSIDERING HUME’S MODESTY PROPOSAL” / Jennifer Parks

MARITAL PLURALISM: MAKING MARRIAGE SAFER FOR LOVE / Eric M. Cave

COMMENTARY ON ERIC M. CAVE’S “MARITAL PLURALISM: MAKING MARRIAGE SAFER FOR LOVE” / Wendy Lynne Lee

EMBRACING GAYNESS WITH INTEGRITY / Carol V. A. Quinn

COMMENTS ON QUINN’S “EMBRACING GAYNESS WITH INTEGRITY” / Raja Halwani

A RESPONSE TO HALWANI’S COMMENTS / Carol V. A. Quinn

SEXUAL USE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: INTERNALIST AND EXTERNALIST SEXUAL ETHICS / Alan Soble

LOVE AND VIRTUE / Raja Halwani

COMMENTARY ON RAJA HALWANI’S “LOVE AND VIRTUE” / Marianne Janack

MARRIAGE LAWS AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: THE ANTI-MISCEGENATION ANALOGY / John M. Orlando

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: A RESPONSE TO ORLANDO / Jo Trigilio

JUNG AND PLATO ON INDIVIDUATION / Martha C. Beck

A RESPONSE TO MARTHA C. BECK’S “JUNG AND PLATO ON INDIVIDUATION” / Ashley Pryor

FRIENDSHIP AMONGST THE SELF-SUFFICIENT: EPICURUS / Andrew J. Mitchell

IF FRIENDSHIP HURTS, AN EPICUREAN DESERTS: A REPLY TO ANDREW MITCHELL / William O. Stephens

THE DIALECTIC OF LOVE AND FREEDOM: DOES IT CONSTITUTE A FIFTH FORM OF LOVE? / Caroline W. Meline

LOVE, FREEDOM, AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE: A RESPONSE TO MELINE / Barbara S. Andrew

ARISTOTELIAN LOVE-MAKING / Erik J. Wielenberg

CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE, AWKWARDNESS, AND VIRTUE: REPLY TO WIELENBERG / Edward L. Abrams

EXAMINING THE BONDS AND BOUNDS OF FRIENDSHIP / Andrew I. Cohen

COMMENTS ON ANDREW I. COHEN’S “EXAMINING THE BONDS AND BOUNDS OF FRIENDSHIP” / Diane Jeske.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21280-3

9786613212801

94-012-0068-8

OCLC:

754717199

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401200684 DOI