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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- WHY LOVERS CAN’T BE FRIENDS / James Conlon -- FEMINISM AND PROMISCUITY / Linda LeMoncheck -- CLARIFYING THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE?” / Ronald Suter -- JUST FRIENDS, FRIENDS AND LOVERS, OR . . .? / Caroline J. Simon -- THE MORALITY OF TEENAGE SEX AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR SEX EDUCATION / Robert Van Wyk -- THE BURDEN OF INITIATION / Robert Rosenfeld -- THE COMPLEXITY OF “NO”: A RESPONSE TO ROSENFELD / Louisa Lee Moon -- PROSTITUTION AND DATE RAPE: THE COMMODIFICATION OF “CONSENT” / Louisa Lee Moon -- PARTICIPATION OR CONSENT: A RESPONSE TO MOON / Robert Rosenfeld -- CAN A STOIC LOVE? / William O. Stephens -- GENDER POLITICS AND THE CROSS-DRESSER / Patrick Hopkins -- SPINOZA IN LOVE / Steven Barbone -- WHITHER ROMANTIC LOVE / David Mertz -- COMMITMENT AND THE BOND OF LOVE / Stanislas Marcus van Hooft -- REPLY TO VAN HOOFT / Marshall Missner -- VIRTUE ETHICS AND ADULTERY / Raja Halwani -- CRITICAL RESPONSE TO “VIRTUE ETHICS AND ADULTERY” / Ana Victoria (Viki) Soady -- SEXUAL EXPERIENCE / Nikolay Milkov -- DESIRE AND AROUSAL / Al Spangler -- WISE WOMAN VERSUS MANIC MAN: DIOTIMA AND ALCIBIADES IN PLATO’S SYMPOSIUM / William O. Stephens -- WOUNDED EROS / Lee David Perlman -- SELF-RESPECT AND LOVING OTHERS / Barbara S. Andrew -- GENDER, JUSTICE WITHIN THE FAMILY, AND THE COMMITMENTS OF LIBERALISM / Robert F. Card -- COMMENTS ON ROBERT CARD’S “GENDER, JUSTICE WITHIN THE FAMILY, AND THE COMMITMENTS OF LIBERALISM” / Cindy Holder -- IUDS, STIS, AND DNA: RECONSIDERING HUME’S MODESTY PROPOSAL / Sheldon Wein -- COMMENTARY ON SHELDON WEIN’S “IUDS, STIS, AND DNA: RECONSIDERING HUME’S MODESTY PROPOSAL” / Jennifer Parks -- MARITAL PLURALISM: MAKING MARRIAGE SAFER FOR LOVE / Eric M. Cave -- COMMENTARY ON ERIC M. CAVE’S “MARITAL PLURALISM: MAKING MARRIAGE SAFER FOR LOVE” / Wendy Lynne Lee -- EMBRACING GAYNESS WITH INTEGRITY / Carol V. A. Quinn -- COMMENTS ON QUINN’S “EMBRACING GAYNESS WITH INTEGRITY” / Raja Halwani -- A RESPONSE TO HALWANI’S COMMENTS / Carol V. A. Quinn -- SEXUAL USE AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: INTERNALIST AND EXTERNALIST SEXUAL ETHICS / Alan Soble -- LOVE AND VIRTUE / Raja Halwani -- COMMENTARY ON RAJA HALWANI’S “LOVE AND VIRTUE” / Marianne Janack -- MARRIAGE LAWS AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: THE ANTI-MISCEGENATION ANALOGY / John M. Orlando -- SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION: A RESPONSE TO ORLANDO / Jo Trigilio -- JUNG AND PLATO ON INDIVIDUATION / Martha C. Beck -- A RESPONSE TO MARTHA C. BECK’S “JUNG AND PLATO ON INDIVIDUATION” / Ashley Pryor -- FRIENDSHIP AMONGST THE SELF-SUFFICIENT: EPICURUS / Andrew J. Mitchell -- IF FRIENDSHIP HURTS, AN EPICUREAN DESERTS: A REPLY TO ANDREW MITCHELL / William O. Stephens -- THE DIALECTIC OF LOVE AND FREEDOM: DOES IT CONSTITUTE A FIFTH FORM OF LOVE? / Caroline W. Meline -- LOVE, FREEDOM, AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE: A RESPONSE TO MELINE / Barbara S. Andrew -- ARISTOTELIAN LOVE-MAKING / Erik J. Wielenberg -- CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE, AWKWARDNESS, AND VIRTUE: REPLY TO WIELENBERG / Edward L. Abrams -- EXAMINING THE BONDS AND BOUNDS OF FRIENDSHIP / Andrew I. Cohen -- COMMENTS ON ANDREW I. COHEN’S “EXAMINING THE BONDS AND BOUNDS OF FRIENDSHIP” / Diane Jeske.