Sex, love, and the person, by Peter A. Bertocci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bertocci, Peter Anthony.

Contributor:

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual ethics.

Ethics.

Sexual Behavior.

Medical Subjects:

Ethics.

Sexual Behavior.

Physical Description:

xvi, 173 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, Sheed and Ward [1967]

Contents:

1. Marriage: holy wedlock or unholy deadlock? : A home or a psychological slum? ; Love

without roots? ; Marriage

a crucible for love? ; Is marriage only a social convention? ; From a marriage to a home

2. What gives experiences their value? : Maxims are not enough! ; Discovering values in personal experience ; From experiencing to evaluating ; On knowing God's will

3. What values keep personality growing? : The values in health, truth, and character ; What do affiliative values add? ; Economic value; work ; The value of vocation ; Aesthetic value: the force of beauty ; Religious value: creativity in ultimate faith ; Growth in values: an unfinished symphony

4. Discovering the role of sex in personality : The biomorphic conception of sex and man ; How the biomorphic view influences thinking about chastity ; Contraceptives as undermining the physiological grounds for chastity ; Man: not a higher animal but a person ; Sex education

not sex information ; Sex in the search for meaning ; Petting and the sexual progression ; Sex

for fun? ; Sex

with affection?

5. Do sex and love need marriage? : Is sex for "frank" mutual fun enough? ; Is sexual anxiety a product of unnecessary social pressure? ; Why isn't sex with love enough? ; Why sex and love need marriage ; The "home" of sex, love, and marriage

6. The hard questions in broader perspective : Petting with consent

a "paper-cup" morality? ; Premarital sex between congenial partners

a morality without bonds ; "Marriage-in-Spirit

a short-circuited morality ; Love

creative communion in community.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-173).

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

Other Format:

Online version: Bertocci, Peter Anthony. Sex, love, and the person.

OCLC:

224050