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The Philosophy of Sex Also by Alan Soble Pornography, Sex, and Feminism Sexual Investigations The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Introduction The Structure of Love Pornography: Marxism, Feminism, and the Future of Sexuality Sex, Love, and Friendship(editor) Eros, Agape, and Philia(editor) The Philosophy of Sex Contemporary Readings Fourth Edition Edited by Alan Soble ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Lanham • Boulder • New York • Oxford ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC. Published in the United States of America by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. 4720 Boston Way, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowmanlittlefield.com 12 Hid’s Copse Road Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ, England Copyright © 2002 by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a re- trieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechani- cal, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Available ISBN 0–7425-1345–9 (alk. paper) ISBN 0–7425-1346–7 (pbk : alk. paper) Printed in the United States of America TMThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48–1992. For Rachel Emo˝ke, “the finest girl” Love always from your Daddy CONTENTS PREFACE xi INTRODUCTION: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF SEX xvii Alan Soble PART 1: CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS 1. Are We Having Sex Now or What? 3 Greta Christina 2. Sexual Perversion 9 Thomas Nagel 3. Sexual Paradigms 21 Robert Solomon 4. Sexual Behavior: Another Position 31 Janice Moulton 5. Plain Sex 39 Alan Goldman 6. Sex and Sexual Perversion 57 Robert Gray 7. Masturbation: Conceptual and Ethical Matters 67 Alan Soble vii viii Contents PART 2: HOMOSEXUALITY 8. Is Homosexual Conduct Wrong? A Philosophical Exchange 97 John Finnis and Martha C. Nussbaum 9. Against Homosexual Liberation 103 Michael E. Levin 10. A Christian Homosexuality? 127 Edward Vacek, S.J. 11. Homosexuality: The Nature and Harm Arguments 135 John Corvino 12. Defending Marriage 147 Cheshire Calhoun PART 3: ABORTION 13. Abortion and the Sexual Agenda: A Case for Prolife Feminism 177 Sidney Callahan 14. Abortion: Is a Woman a Person? 191 Ellen Willis PART 4: KANT AND SEX 15. Duties towards the Body in Respect of Sexual Impulse 199 Immanuel Kant 16. Sexual Morality and the Concept of Using Another Person 207 Thomas A. Mappes 17. Sexual Use and What to Do about It: Internalist and Externalist Sexual Ethics 225 Alan Soble 18. The Morality of Sex: Contra Kant 259 Irving Singer PART 5: RAPE AND HARASSMENT 19. Is ThisSexual Harassment? 275 Robin Warshaw Contents ix 20. Sexual Harassment in the Law: The Demarcation Problem 283 Mane Hajdin 21. How Bad Is Rape? 303 H. E. Baber 22. The Harms of Consensual Sex 317 Robin West 23. Antioch’s “Sexual Offense Policy”: A Philosophical Exploration 323 Alan Soble 24. Consent and Sexual Relations 341 Alan Wertheimer PART 6: PORNOGRAPHY AND PROSTITUTION 25. Talk Dirty to Me 369 Sallie Tisdale 26. Objectification 381 Martha C. Nussbaum 27. Pornography and the Social Sciences 421 Alan Soble 28. Should Feminists Oppose Prostitution? 435 Laurie Shrage 29. What’s Wrong with Prostitution? 451 Igor Primoratz 30. Whoring in Utopia 475 Pat Califia SUGGESTED READINGS 483 INDEX 501 ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 509