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Alan Soble

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University at Buffalo
Department of Philosophy
PhD, 1976
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Areas of Interest
Applied Ethics
Normative Ethics
Social and Political Philosophy
Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
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  • All publications (85)
  •  7
    Mark Fisher, Personal Love (review)
    Philosophy in Review 12 21-23. 1992.
    EthicsVarieties of Emotion
  •  1
    Joseph H. Pleck, The Myth of Masculinity (review)
    Philosophy in Review 3 34-35. 1983.
  •  811
    Women and Values (review)
    Teaching Philosophy 23 (2): 215-220. 2000.
    A review of the third edition of Women and Values, edited by M. Pearsall.
    Philosophy of EducationFeminist EthicsFeminist Philosophy of Education
  •  1
    1. Deception and Informed Consent in Research
    Bioethics: Basic Writings on the Key Ethical Questions That Surround the Major, Modern Biological Possibilities and Problems. forthcoming.
    Ethics
  •  1830
    The Coherence of Love
    Philosophy and Theology 12 (2): 293-315. 2000.
    I examine three common beliefs about love: constancy, exclusivity, and the claim that love is a response to the properties of the beloved. Following a discussion of their relative consistency, I argue that neither the constancy nor the exclusivity of love are saved by the contrary belief, that love is not (entirely) a response to the properties of the beloved.
    Defining LoveFeatures of LoveTheories of LoveVarieties of LovePhilosophy of Religion
  •  45
    Additional reading
    In Sex from Plato to Paglia: a philosophical encyclopedia, Greenwood Press. pp. 2--767. 2006.
    German Philosophy
  •  31
    "Review of" Love's Confusions" (review)
    Essays in Philosophy 7 (1): 17. 2006.
  •  122
    Book Review:Rights, Killing, and Suffering. R. G. Frey; Animals and Why They Matter. Mary Midgley; The Case for Animal Rights. Tom Regan (review)
    Ethics 96 (1): 192. 1985.
    Animal RightsRights
  •  128
    Pornography and the social sciences: Reply to Brannigan and Goldenberg
    Social Epistemology 2 (2). 1988.
    PornographySocial Epistemology
  • Legal Paternalism
    Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo. 1976.
    Autonomy
  •  7614
    Gender, Objectivity, and Realism
    The Monist 77 (4): 509-530. 1994.
    A detailed examination of the philosophy of science of Evelyn Fox Keller, with special emphasis on her account of "objectivity" and her understanding of the methodology of Barbara McClintock.
    Philosophy of Physical Science, MiscellaneousObjectivity and Value in Social ScienceFeminist Philoso…Read more
    Philosophy of Physical Science, MiscellaneousObjectivity and Value in Social ScienceFeminist Philosophy of SciencePhilosophy of Gender
  •  198
    The Unity of Romantic Love
    Philosophy and Theology 1 (4): 374-397. 1987.
    Romantic love is analyzed as including concern, admiration, the desire for reciprocity, exclusivity, and the passion for union. I argue that the passion for union is its central element. An analysis of “x admires y” which recognizes the intentionality of admiration is used to explain how romantic love practices turn out to be sexist. The analysis also shows that idealization is a special case of admiration, and is therefore not an essential part of romantic love.
    Philosophy of Religion
  •  128
    Comments on “Good Sex on Kantian Grounds, or A Reply to Alan Soble,” or A Reply to Joshua Schulz
    Essays in Philosophy 8 (2): 296-300. 2007.
  •  81
    Sex, Love, and Friendship: Studies of the Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love, 1977-1992 (edited book)
    Rodopi. 1997.
    This collection joins together sixty essays on the philosophy of love and sex. Each was presented at a meeting of The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love held between 1977 and 1992 and later revised for this edition. Topics addressed include ethical and political issues (AIDS, abortion, homosexual rights, and pornography), conceptual matters (the nature, essence, or definition of love, friendship, sexual desire, and perversion); the study of classical and historical figures (Plato, Aristo…Read more
    This collection joins together sixty essays on the philosophy of love and sex. Each was presented at a meeting of The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love held between 1977 and 1992 and later revised for this edition. Topics addressed include ethical and political issues (AIDS, abortion, homosexual rights, and pornography), conceptual matters (the nature, essence, or definition of love, friendship, sexual desire, and perversion); the study of classical and historical figures (Plato, Aristotle, Spinoza, Kant, and Kierkegaard); and issues in feminist theory (sexual objectification, the social construction of female sexuality, reproductive and marital arrangements). Authors include Jerome Shaffer, Sandra Harding, Michael Ruse, Richard Mohr, Russell Vannoy, Claudia Card, M.C. Dillon, Gene Fendt, Steven Emmanuel, T.F. Morris, Timo Airaksinen, and Sylvia Walsh. The editor, who is the author of Pornography (1986), The Structure of Love (1990), and Sexual Investigations (1996), has also contributed six pieces and an Introduction.
    Ethics
  •  75
    Book reviews (review)
    with John Preston
    International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 6 (2): 155-162. 1992.
    Feyerabend's Critique of Foundationalism George Couvalis, 1989 Aldershot, Avebury Press x+158 pp., hardback, ISBN 0 566 07043 X Whose Science? Whose Knowledge? Thinking From Women's Lives Sandra Harding, 1991 Buckingham, Open University Press xii + 319pp.
    Science, Logic, and Mathematics
  •  2873
    Philosophy of sexuality
    Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2009.
    This encyclopedia article on the philosophy of sexuality discusses the main themes, concepts, and debates in the field, including the metaphysics (or philosophical anthropology) of sex, the morality of sexual behavior, pragmatic and utilitarian evaluations of sexuality, and sexual perversion.
    Philosophy of Sexuality, General WorksPhilosophy of Sexuality, Misc
  •  126
    Making Sex (review)
    Teaching Philosophy 14 (3): 339-342. 1991.
  • J. Van Herik, "Freud on femininity and faith"
    International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 22 (1/2): 99. 1987.
  •  3795
    Deception in Social Science Research: Is Informed Consent Possible?
    Hastings Center Report 8 (5): 40-46. 1978.
    Deception of subjects is used frequently in the social sciences. Examples are provided. The ethics of experimental deception are discussed, in particular various maneuvers to solve the problem. The results have implications for the use of deception in the biomedical sciences.
    Biomedical EthicsNormative Ethics, General WorksConsequentialism and DeontologyNormative Ethics, Mis…Read more
    Biomedical EthicsNormative Ethics, General WorksConsequentialism and DeontologyNormative Ethics, MiscMedical EthicsPublic Health
  •  84
    The natural, the social, and historical materialism
    Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 46 (1): 139-154. 1985.
    Social and Political PhilosophyPolitical Views
  •  2151
    Bad apples: Feminist politics and feminist scholarship
    Philosophy of the Social Sciences 29 (3): 354-388. 1999.
    Some exceptional and surprising mistakes of scholarship made in the writings of a number of feminist academics (Ruth Bleier, Ruth Hubbard, Susan Bordo, Sandra Harding, and Rae Langton) are examined in detail. This essay offers the psychological hypothesis that these mistakes were the result of political passion and concludes with some remarks about the ability of the social sciences to study the effect of the politics of the researcher on the quality of his or her research.
    Science and ValuesFeminist Approaches to Philosophy, MiscConceptions of GenderPhilosophy of Economic…Read more
    Science and ValuesFeminist Approaches to Philosophy, MiscConceptions of GenderPhilosophy of Economics
  •  832
    Review Essay: Frankfurt, “The Reasons of Love” (review)
    Essays in Philosophy 6 (1): 30. 2005.
    Varieties of Emotion
  •  116
    Feminist epistemology and women scientists
    Metaphilosophy 14 (3-4): 291-307. 1983.
    Feminist EpistemologyScience and Values
  •  163
    Pornography
    Social Theory and Practice 11 (1): 61-87. 1985.
    Value TheoryPornography
  •  2260
    Loose Women, Lecherous Men (review)
    Teaching Philosophy 22 (4): 411-416. 1999.
    A review of Loose Women, Lecherous Men, by Linda LeMoncheck.
    Philosophy of EducationDefining Sexual ActivityThe Nature of Sex, MiscSadomasochismSex Work and Pros…Read more
    Philosophy of EducationDefining Sexual ActivityThe Nature of Sex, MiscSadomasochismSex Work and ProstitutionPornographyFeminist Philosophy of Education
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