Sex, love, and friendship : : studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, 1993-2003 / / edited by Adrianne Leigh McEvoy.

• Superior document: Value inquiry book series ; v. 232
• Author: Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love.
• TeilnehmendeR: McEvoy, Adrianne.; Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Value inquiry book series ; v. 232.; Histories and addresses of philosophical societies.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (550 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; WHY LOVERS CAN’T BE FRIENDS /; FEMINISM AND PROMISCUITY /; CLARIFYING THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?” /; JUST FRIENDS, FRIENDS AND LOVERS, OR . . .? /; THE MORALITY OF TEENAGE SEX AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SEX EDUCATION /; THE BURDEN OF INITIATION /; THE COMPLEXITY OF “NO”: A RESPONSE TO ROSENFELD /; PROSTITUTION AND DATE RAPE: THE COMMODIFICATION OF “CONSENT” /; PARTICIPATION OR CONSENT: A RESPONSE TO MOON /; CAN A STOIC LOVE? /; GENDER POLITICS AND THE CROSS-DRESSER /; SPINOZA IN LOVE /; WHITHER ROMANTIC LOVE /; COMMITMENT AND THE BOND OF LOVE /; REPLY TO VAN HOOFT /; VIRTUE ETHICS AND ADULTERY /; CRITICAL RESPONSE TO “VIRTUE ETHICS AND ADULTERY” /; SEXUAL EXPERIENCE /; DESIRE AND AROUSAL /; WISE WOMAN VERSUS MANIC MAN: DIOTIMA AND ALCIBIADES IN PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM /; WOUNDED EROS /; SELF-RESPECT AND LOVING OTHERS /; GENDER, JUSTICE WITHIN THE FAMILY, AND THE COMMITMENTS OF LIBERALISM /; COMMENTS ON ROBERT CARD’S “GENDER, JUSTICE WITHIN THE FAMILY, AND THE COMMITMENTS OF LIBERALISM” /; IUDS, STIS, AND DNA: RECONSIDERING HUME’S MODESTY PROPOSAL /; COMMENTARY ON SHELDON WEIN’S “IUDS, STIS, AND DNA: RECONSIDERING HUME’S MODESTY PROPOSAL” /; MARITAL PLURALISM: MAKING MARRIAGE SAFER FOR LOVE /; COMMENTARY ON ERIC M. CAVE’S “MARITAL PLURALISM: MAKING MARRIAGE SAFER FOR LOVE” /; EMBRACING GAYNESS WITH INTEGRITY /; COMMENTS ON QUINN’S “EMBRACING GAYNESS WITH INTEGRITY” /; A RESPONSE TO HALWANI’S COMMENTS /; SEXUAL USE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: INTERNALIST AND EXTERNALIST SEXUAL ETHICS /; LOVE AND VIRTUE /; COMMENTARY ON RAJA HALWANI’S “LOVE AND VIRTUE” /; MARRIAGE LAWS AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: THE ANTI-MISCEGENATION ANALOGY /; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: A RESPONSE TO ORLANDO /; JUNG AND PLATO ON INDIVIDUATION /; A RESPONSE TO MARTHA C. BECK’S “JUNG AND PLATO ON INDIVIDUATION” /; FRIENDSHIP AMONGST THE SELF-SUFFICIENT: EPICURUS /; IF FRIENDSHIP HURTS, AN EPICUREAN DESERTS: A REPLY TO ANDREW MITCHELL /; THE DIALECTIC OF LOVE AND FREEDOM: DOES IT CONSTITUTE A FIFTH FORM OF LOVE? /; LOVE, FREEDOM, AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE: A RESPONSE TO MELINE /; ARISTOTELIAN LOVE-MAKING /; CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE, AWKWARDNESS, AND VIRTUE: REPLY TO WIELENBERG /; EXAMINING THE BONDS AND BOUNDS OF FRIENDSHIP /; COMMENTS ON ANDREW I. COHEN’S “EXAMINING THE BONDS AND BOUNDS OF FRIENDSHIP” /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1283212803; 9786613212801; 9401200688
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Adrianne Leigh McEvoy.

The joke is that all the prostitutes go on vacation when the philosophers come to town. The reason that the other conventioneers do it; philosophers just talk about it. And talk about sex and love, and friendship is what the contributors to this volume do! They talk and argue, split hairs and clarify, all trying to advance our understanding of this most interesting practice of the human species. Some of the best minds on three continents, from four nations, and eighteen of the United States discuss such topics as adultery, commitment, cross dressing, gender politics, date rape, family, friendship, friends as lovers, gayness, love, marital pluralism, marriage, prostitution, religiously motivated anti-queer sentiments, same sex marriage, seduction, and self-respect. Rather than preach, participants probe our attitudes and practices involving these issues with the aim of better understanding the broad range of sexual practices of our species. The result is a collection of stimulating essays that can enliven class discussions as well as provide guidance for the sexually perplexed. The work is accessible to readers from high school through college and beyond.