The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Sex, Ethics, and Philosophy

David Boonin

Part I Sex and Human Nature

2. The Metaphysical Foundations of Sexual Morality

Edward Feser

3. The Ethics of Sexual Pleasure

Raja Halwani

4. The Ethical Significance of Being an Erotic Object

Caleb Ward and Ellie Anderson

5. Kant and Arendt on the Challenges of Good Sex and the Temptations of Bad Sex

Carol Hay and Helga Varden

6. Sexual Jealousy and Sexual Infidelity

Natasha McKeever and Luke Brunning

7. Sexual Use, Sexual Autonomy, and Adaptive Preferences: A Social Approach to Sexual Objectification

Patricia Marino

8. Masturbation and the Problem of Irrational and Immoral Sexual Activity

Michael Tooley

Part II Sex and Traditional Values

9. Virgin vs. Chad: On Enforced Monogamy as a Solution to the Incel Problem

Dan Demetriou

10. The Ethics of Cohabitation

Christopher Kaczor

11. Why Is Sexual Assault Special?: Transactional Sex and Sacred Intuitions

Francis J. Beckwith

12. Deception and Sexual Harassment

Jessica Flanigan

13. Homosexuality, Bestiality, and Necrophilia

David Benatar

14. The Immorality of Premarital Sexual Abstinence

Alastair Norcross

Part III Sex and Consent

15. Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent

Shaun Miller

16. Enthusiastic Consent to Sex

Tom Dougherty

17. On the Sufficiency of Sexual Consent

Alan Soble

18. Bad Sex and Consent

Elise Woodard

19. "Respect Women" Thinking Beyond Consent After #MeToo

Jordan Pascoe

20. Should Statutory Rape be a Crime?

Stephen Kershnar

21. Sexual Consent, Dementia, and Well-Being

Andria Bianchi

22. Exploitation and Sexual Consent

David Boonin

23. A Solution to the Problem of Rape by Fraud

Laurie Shrage

Part IV Sex, Discrimination, and Exclusion

24. Sexual Racism

Sonu Bedi

25. Racialized Sexual Discrimination: A Moral Right or Morally Wrong?

Cheryl Abbate

26. Sexual Ableism: Is Sex Work the Best Solution?

Kevin Mintz

27. Sexual Exclusion

Alida Liberman

Part V Sex and Digital Technology

28. Sex and Technology: From Tinder to Robot Sex

Neil McArthur

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 303087785X
• ISBN13: 9783030877859
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 547 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"