Review of the “Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality”

Philosophies

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Raja Halwani¹ 

[1] Department of Liberal Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

关键词: philosophy of sex;    sex work;    sexual acts;    sexual consent;    sexual desire;    sexual orientation;    sex and medicine;    sex and technology;   

DOI  :  10.3390/philosophies8020030

学科分类：内科医学

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

This paper is a review essay of the recently published Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality, edited by Brian D. Earp, Clare Chambers, and Lori Watson (2022). The anthology consists of an introduction and 40 essays, and it has 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) Objectification and Commercialized Sex; and (VIII) Technology and the Future of Sex. The anthology contains essays mostly by philosophers and a few by non-philosophers (which can be a double-edged sword for a philosophy book). Some essays survey a topic, while others defend specific theses. I argue that the quality of the essays varies, but that all are thought-provoking. Although the essays that deal with sexual orientation and race tend to be on the weaker side, those that deal with technology, objectification, incest, pedophilia, sex work, and the regulation of relationships are on the strong side.

【 授权许可】

CC BY