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J. Van Herik, "Freud on femininity and faith"International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 22 (1/2): 99. 1987.
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365Eros, agape, and philia: readings in the philosophy of Love (edited book)Paragon House. 1989.The philosophy of loveFor centuries, popular writers and respected scholars have written about and analyzed the phenomenon of love without exhausting its potential for contemporary debate. By representing the three major traditions in the philosophy of love--Platonic eros, Christian agape, and Aristotelian philia--editor Alan Soble has not only examined the intellectual problem of what "love" is, but has designed a dialogue among the three traditions in genuine philosophical style. "Eros is acqu…Read more
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1924Sexual use and what to do about it : internalist and externalist sexual ethicsIn Adrianne McEvoy (ed.), Essays in Philosophy, Rodopi. pp. 2. 2011.I begin by describing the hideous nature of sexuality, that which makes sexual desire and activity morally suspicious, or at least what we have been told about the moral foulness of sex by, in particular, Immanuel Kant, but also by some of his predecessors and by some contemporary philosophers.2 A problem arises because acting on sexual desire, given this Kantian account of sex, apparently conflicts with the Categorical Imperative. I then propose a typology of possible solutions to this sex prob…Read more
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18Quit Your Kvetching: The Humor of Woody Allen (review)Essays in Philosophy 12 (2): 346-363. 2011.
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63Comments on “Good Sex on Kantian Grounds, or A Reply to Alan Soble,” or A Reply to Joshua SchulzEssays in Philosophy 8 (2): 296-300. 2007.
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1346Loose Women, Lecherous Men (review)Teaching Philosophy 22 (4): 411-416. 1999.A review of Loose Women, Lecherous Men, by Linda LeMoncheck.
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416Women and Values (review)Teaching Philosophy 23 (2): 215-220. 2000.A review of the third edition of Women and Values, edited by M. Pearsall.
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Irving Singer, The Nature of Love, Volume 3. The Modern World (review)Philosophy in Review 8 74-76. 1988.
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11The Pornography of Representation (review)Philosophy of the Social Sciences 19 (1): 128-131. 1989.
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11. Deception and Informed Consent in ResearchBioethics: Basic Writings on the Key Ethical Questions That Surround the Major, Modern Biological Possibilities and Problems. forthcoming.
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38Review of The Reasons of Love, by Harry G. Frankfurt (review)Essays in Philosophy 6 (1): 308-331. 2005.
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1Pornography: Marxism, Feminism, and the Future of SexualityStudies in Soviet Thought 37 (1): 37-38. 1989.
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1274Review of Joan McGregor, Is It Rape? (review)Law and Philosophy 25 (6): 663-672. 2006.A critical review of a book on rape by Joan McGregor.
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16193Kant and Sexual PerversionThe Monist 86 (1): 55-89. 2003.This article discusses the views of Immanuel Kant on sexual perversion (what he calls "carnal crimes against nature"), as found in his Vorlesung (Lectures on Ethics) and the Metaphysics of Morals (both the Rechtslehre and Tugendlehre). Kant criticizes sexual perversion by appealing to Natural Law and to his Formula of Humanity. Neither argument for the immorality of sexual perversion succeeds.
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103The Unity of Romantic LovePhilosophy 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.
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6047Gender, Objectivity, And RealismThe 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.
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31Sexual Use and What To Do About ItEssays in Philosophy 2 (2): 37-54. 2001.I begin by describing the hideous nature of sexuality, that which makes sexual desire and activity morally suspicious, or at least what we have been told about the moral foulness of sex by, in particular, Immanuel Kant, but also by some of his predecessors (e.g., Augustine) and by some contemporary philosophers. A problem arises because acting on sexual desire, given this Kantian account of sex, apparently conflicts with the Categorical Imperative. I then propose a typology of possible solutions…Read more
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49Review of Fact and Value: Essays on Ethics and Metaphysics for Judith Jarvis Thomson, ed. Alex Byrne, Robert Stalnaker, and Ralph Wedgwood (review)Essays in Philosophy 4 (1): 70-75. 2003.
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57Pornography and the social sciences: Reply to Brannigan and GoldenbergSocial Epistemology 2 (2). 1988.
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21Additional readingIn Sex From Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia, Greenwood Press. pp. 2--767. 2006.
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