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Getting Philosophical about Sex
Philosophers debate many things, but do they talk about what makes the world go round? As it happens, a number of philosophical colleagues have been contributing to The Philosophy of Sex (Rowman & Littlefield 2023, eds. Raja Halwani, Jacob … Continue reading →
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Tagged agender identity, asymmetry as romantic or exploitative, asymmetry of man/woman intimacy, attaining erotic success, avant garde philosophy, avant garde style, being who you are, biologic facts vs social facts, broadcasting a private encounter, competetive scoring for men re sex, defending women in law, desire at the deep level, desirers mirroring each other, don’t ask don’t tell, eros and atheism, eros and delusive expectations, eros and ideality, eros in Plato’s Phaedrus, exploiting female vulnerability, female vulnerability, feminist in-group taxonomy, gaining one’s life by losing it, Gender Categories by Katharine Jenkins, gender oppression, genderqueer identity, in-group taxonomy, inhabiting one’s identity, interpreting one’s identity, intimacy and disrespect, kiss and tell stories, kissing and telling, love’s aim not appetitive, love’s aim not satisfying an appetite, love’s aim ontological, men’s identity, multiple social identities, Nagel explaining the sexual norm, Nagel on reciprocal attraction, nonreciprocal sexual act, normality in sex, offering sex for moral reasons, ordinary atheism, oversimplifying romance, philosophers debating, philosophic recollection insulting to men, philosophic recollection insulting to women, philosophical colleagues, philosophizing about sex, power imbalances, private experience as life capital, propositioning a man, propositioning a stranger, propositioning a woman, resistance to gender oppression, romance as real-life drama, Sartre on sex as frustration, Sartre’s man is a useless passion, sex as conquest, sex as sacred, sex felt as a duty, sex not a commodity, sex not merely a pleasure, sex vs gender, sex without self-interest, sexual encounter recollected, sexual experience more consequential for women, sexual scoring not a victory for women, sexual supererogation, Soble’s Sexual Gifts and Sexual Duties, supererogatory sex, The Philosophy of Sex 2023, the power of no, the sexual norm, Thomas Nagel’s Sexual Perversion, uncomfortable campus encounter, uncomfortable sexual recollection, ungallant recollections, unresolved man/woman recollection, unresolved romance, unresolved sexual recollection, women and power imbalances, women and social comportment, women’s identity
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What Jonathan Saw When He Was Dead
A spooky title for this column, I know. But first, let’s pause over the question: do the dead live on – in some form appropriate to their condition – but still recognizably themselves? My mother was quite close to Louise … Continue reading →
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