The philosophy of Viagra : bioethical responses to the Viagrification of the modern world / / edited by Thorsten Botz-Bornstein.

The impotency remedy Viagra is the fastest selling drug in history. It has grown beyond being simply a medical phenomenon, but has achieved the status of cultural icon, appearing on television as a pretext for jokes or even as a murder weapon. Viagra has socio-cultural implications that are not limi...

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Superior document:Value inquiry book series ; v. 230. Philosophy of sex and love
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 230.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of sex and love.
Physical Description:1 online resource (229 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • VIAGRA, LIFESTYLE, AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
  • EROS, VIAGRA, AND THE GOOD LIFE: REFLECTIONS ON CEPHALUS AND PLATONIC MODERATION / Sophie Bourgault
  • DIOGENES OF SINOPE GETS HARD ON VIAGRA / Robert Vuckovich
  • A QUESTION OF VIRTUOUS SEX: WOULD ARISTOTLE TAKE VIAGRA? / Thomas Kapper
  • MAN’S FALLEN STATE: ST. AUGUSTINE ON VIAGRA / Kevin Guilfoy
  • VIAGRA AND THE UTOPIA OF IMMORTALITY / Robert Redeker
  • ENHANCING DESIRE PHILOSOPHICALLY: FEMINISM, VIAGRA, AND THE BIOPOLITICS OF THE FUTURE / Connie C. Price
  • RED PILL OR BLUE PILL? VIAGRA AND THE VIRTUAL / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
  • VIRILITY, VIAGRA, AND VIRTUE: RE-READING HUMANE VITAE IN AN AFRICAN LIGHT / Anthony Okeregbe
  • ERECTING NEW GOALS FOR MEDICINE: VIAGRA AND MEDICALIZATION / Dónal O’Mathúna
  • DESIRE AND ITS MYSTERIES: ERECTILE STIMULATORS BETWEEN THIGHS AND SELVES / Claude-Raphaël Samama
  • AMERICA AND VIAGRA OR HOW THE WHITE NEGRO BECAME A LITTLE WHITER: VIAGRA AS AN AFRO-DISIAC / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
  • DAVID HUME MEETS VIAGRA: THE MISUSE OF THE SCIENCE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION / Herbert Roseman
  • A SHORT NOTE ON VIAGRA AND THANATOS / Herbert Roseman
  • COMPARATIVE MELIORATION AND PATHOLOGICAL PATHOGENIZATION IN VIAGRA MARKETING / Roman Meinhold
  • ERECTUS INTERRUPTUS: ALL ERECTIONS ARE NOT EQUAL / Bassam Romaya
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.