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The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics

Palgrave Macmillan

Editors:

  1. David Boonin

    1. Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA

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  • Provides comprehensive coverage on philosophical approaches to sexual ethics from a healthy diversity of viewpoints

  • Offers innovative views on classic questions related to sexual ethics

  • ​Serves as a foundation for the expanding discourse on the nature of human sexuality

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  3. Sex and Human Nature

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    3. The Ethics of Sexual Pleasure

      • Raja Halwani
      Pages 37-54

    4. The Ethical Significance of Being an Erotic Object

      • Caleb Ward, Ellie Anderson
      Pages 55-71

    6. Sexual Jealousy and Sexual Infidelity

      • Natasha McKeever, Luke Brunning
      Pages 93-110

  4. Sex and Traditional Values

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    3. The Ethics of Cohabitation

      • Christopher Kaczor
      Pages 177-190

    5. Deception and Sexual Harassment

      • Jessica Flanigan
      Pages 203-222

    6. Homosexuality, Bestiality, and Necrophilia

      • David Benatar
      Pages 223-231

    7. The Immorality of Premarital Sexual Abstinence

      • Alastair Norcross
      Pages 233-243

  5. Sex and Consent

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 245-245
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    2. Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent

      • Shaun Miller
      Pages 247-270

    3. Enthusiastic Consent to Sex

      • Tom Dougherty
      Pages 271-285
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About this book

The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics is a comprehensive collection of recent research on the ethics of sexual behavior, representing a wide range of perspectives. It addresses a number of traditional subjects in the area, including questions about pre-marital, extra-marital, non-heterosexual, and non-procreative sex, and about the nature and significance of sexual consent, sexual desire, and sexual activity, as well as a variety of more recent topics, including sexual racism, sexual ableism, sex robots, and the #metoo response to sexual harassment. Each chapter defends a substantive thesis about the topic it addresses and the handbook as a whole thereby provides a strong foundation for future research in this important and growing field of inquiry.


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Keywords

  • consent
  • sexuality
  • sex
  • queer
  • homosexuality
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, USA

    David Boonin

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About the editor

David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Department’s Center for Values and Social Policy. He is also the Editor of Public Affairs Quarterly. Professor Boonin 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 also held a visiting position for a semester as an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2006.  
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics

  • Editors: David Boonin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87786-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87785-9Published: 09 February 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-87788-0Published: 09 February 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-87786-6Published: 08 February 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 547

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Behavioral Neuroscience, Criminal Behavior, Gender Studies

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