ABSTRACT
This Handbook covers the most urgent, controversial, and important topics in the philosophy of sex. It is both philosophically rigorous and yet accessible to specialists and non-specialists, covering ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of language, and featuring interactions with neighboring disciplines such as psychology, bioethics, sociology, and anthropology.
The volume’s 40 chapters, written by an international team of both respected senior researchers and essential emerging scholars, are divided into eight parts:
I. What is Sex? Is Sex Good?
II. Sexual Orientations
III. Sexual Autonomy and Consent
IV. Regulating Sexual Relationships
V. Pathologizing Sex and Sexuality
VI. Contested Desires
VII. Commercialized Sex
VIII. Technology and the Future of Sex
The broad scope of coverage, depth in insight and research, and accessibility in language make The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality a comprehensive introduction for newcomers to the subject as well as an invaluable reference work for those advanced students and researchers in the field.
Introduction 1. What is a Sexual Act? 2. Global Sex 3. The Value of Sex 4. Is There a Right to Sex? 5. The Concept and Significance of Virginity 6. What is a Sexual Orientation? 7. Sexual Orientation, Sexual Desires, and Choice 8. Queer and Straight 9. Asexuality 10. Feminist Heterosexuality 11. Heterosexual Male Sexuality 12. Radical Feminist Analysis of Heterosexuality 13. Lesbian Feminism 14. Flirting 15. Sex and Consent 16. Beyond Consent 17. Reproductive Control and Sexual Autonomy 18. Sexual Relationships Among Young People 19. Sex and Disability 20. Sexual Consent, Ageing, and Dementia 21. Monogamy 22. Plural Marriage and Equality 23. Sex, Marriage, and Race 24. The Ethics of Relationship Anarchy 25. The Eugenic Logic of Sexual Normality 26. "Disordering" Sex Through Medicine 27. Religion and Sexual Shame 28. Homophobia and Conversion Therapies 29. The Ethics and Politics of Sexual Preference 30. BDSM 31. Critiquing Consensual Adult Incest 32. Pedophilia 33. Sexual Objectification 34. The Civil-Rights Approach to Pornography 35. Pornography and the "Sex Wars" 36. The Case for Decriminalizing Sex Work 37. An Equality Approach to Prostitution 38. Hookup Apps and Online Dating 39. The Ethics of Humanoid Sex Robots 40. Sex and (Future) Technologies
