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ETHICS AND SEX

ETHICS AND SEX

Igor Primoratz

London and New York

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First published 1999
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

© 1999 Igor Primoratz

The right of Igor Primoratz to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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Printed and bound in Great Britain by
TJ International Ltd, Padstow Cornwall

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Primoratz, Igor.
Ethics and sex/Igor Primoratz.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sexual ethics. I. Title.
HQ32.P75 1999
176-dc21 98-48882

ISBN 0-415-09333-3 (hbk)

ISBN 0-415-09334-1 (pbk)

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CONTENTS

 

Preface and acknowledgments

ix

 

 

Abbreviations

xi

 

 

PART I The basics

1

 

 

1 Introduction

3

 

 

Philosophers and sex

3

 

 

Plan of the book

7

 

 

2 Sex and procreation

9

 

 

Sex, procreation, marriage

9

 

 

Objections to the procreation view

13

 

 

3 Sex and love

21

 

 

Sex with love

21

 

 

Objections to the sex with love view

26

 

 

Sex without love

31

 

 

4 Sex as language

34

 

 

A body language

34

 

 

Objections to the language view

37

 

 

5 The pleasure of sex

41

 

 

Plain sex

41

 

 

Plainer sex

43

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6 Sexual perversion 50

 

 

Inconsistencies of ordinary use 50

 

 

The main views of sex and the concept of perversion 51

 

 

The immorality of sexual perversion 58

 

 

A concept best discarded 63

 

 

PART II The issues 67

 

 

7 Marriage, adultery, jealousy 69

 

 

Marriage: some defenses 69

 

 

Marriage: some critiques 74

 

 

Adultery 78

 

 

Jealousy 85

 

 

8 Prostitution 88

 

 

Positive morality 88

 

 

Paternalism 91

 

 

Things not for sale 94

 

 

Degradation of women 99

 

 

Oppression of women 105

 

 

9 Homosexuality 110

 

 

Homosexual, gay, queer 110

 

 

What's wrong with homosexual sex? 111

 

 

Discrimination against homosexuals 119

 

 

Homosexual marriage 127

 

 

10 Pedophilia 133

 

 

Pederasty, ephebophilia, pedophilia 133

 

 

What's wrong with pedophilia? ...

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