College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone (eBook)

Philosophers With Benefits

Michael Bruce, Robert M. Stewart (Herausgeber)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
256 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-2449-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Written with insight and humor, College Sex - Philosophy for
Everyone investigates a broad array of philosophical issues
relating to student sex.

* Examines the ethical issues of dating, cheating, courtship,
homosexual experimentation, and drug and alcohol use

* Considers student-teacher relationships, sexual
experimentation, the meaning of sex in a college setting and
includes two essays based on influential research projects on
'friends with benefits'

* Many of the authors teach classes that explore the philosophy
of love and sex, and most are scholars from the Society of the
Philosophy of Sex and Love

Autor

Editors Michael Bruce currently works in the non-profit sector with at-risk youth. Previously, he was a teaching assistant at California State University, Chico, and received his Master's degree from San Diego State University, specializing in continental philosophy. He has published articles in the pop culture and philosophy genre and is currently editing Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy for Wiley-Blackwell. Robert M. Stewart is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Chico. He is the author of Moral Philosophy: A Comprehensive Introduction (1994), and editor of Philosophical Perspectives on Sex and Love (1995). He has published numerous journal articles. Series Editor Fritz Allhoff is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. In addition to editing the Philosophy for Everyone series, Allhoff is the volume editor or co-editor for several titles, including Wine & Philosophy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), Whiskey & Philosophy (with Marcus P. Adams, Wiley, 2009), and Food & Philosophy (with Dave Monroe, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007).

Inhalt

Foreword (Heather Corinna).

Acknowledgments (Michael Bruce and Robert M.
Stewart).

Campus Orientation: An Introduction to College Sex
- Philosophy for Everyone (Michael Bruce and Robert M.
Stewart).

PART I FRESHMAN YEAR: Hook-Up Culture.

1 Sex and Socratic Experimentation (Sisi Chen and George T.
Hole).

2 The Straight Sex Experiment (Bassam Romaya).

3 The Virtual Bra Clasp: Navigating Technology in College
Courtship (Michael Bruce).

4 Smeared Makeup and Stiletto Heels: Clothing, Sexuality, and
the Walk of Shame (Brett Lunceford).

5 Relations at a Distance (Bill Puka).

PART II SOPHOMORE YEAR: Friends With Benefits.

6 What's Love Got to Do with It? Epicureanism and Friends with
Benefits (William O. Stephens).

7 Friends with Benefits: A Precarious Negotiation
(Timothy R. Levine and Paul A. Mongeau).

8 The Philosophy of Friends with Benefits: What College
Students Think They Know (Kelli Jean K. Smith and Kelly
Morrison).

PART III JUNIOR YEAR: Ethics of College Sex.

9 A Horny Dilemma: Sex and Friendship between Students and
Professors (Andrew Kania).

10 Philosophers and the Not So Platonic Student-Teacher
Relationship (Danielle A. Layne).

11 Thinking About Thinking About Sex (Ashley
McDowell).

12 Exploring the Association Between Love and Sex (Guy
Pinku).

13 Sex for a College Education (Matthew Brophy).

PART IV SENIOR YEAR: Sex and Self-Respect.

14 Meaningful Sex and Moral Respect (Robert M.
Stewart).

15 Can Girls Go Wild With Self-Respect? (John
Draeger).

16 Mutual Respect and Sexual Morality: How to Have College
Sex Well (Yolanda Estes).

17 Bad Faith or True Desire? A Sartrean View on College Sex
(Antti Kuusela).

Notes on Contributors.

Rezensionen

"Overall then, College Sex is a valuable collection. Most readers
will want to skip and dip around the essays, looking for those that
are most helpful to them. Many of the essays are not traditional
philosophical approaches, but the use of communications and
psychology scholarship in the book fits well with the philosophical
discussion. Furthermore, the level of the writing is pitched well
for lower level undergraduate courses in the philosophy of sex
love: I plan to use some of the chapters here for my future
courses." (Metapsychology, 31 May 2011)



"You actually get something from it. Rather than a textbook in a
class that you read and forget almost instantaneously, College Sex
forces you to see sex from a more objective perspective - you'll
soon be asking questions regarding your own sex life and how good
and healthy it actually is." (Her Campus, September
2010)

"The sex and philosophy combo might seem like a peculiar mix,
but as you flip and through the book's sections (freshman year,
sophomore year, junior year and senior year), it's plausible to see
how Socrates, Nietzsche, Aristotle and sex are closely connected
with one another." (Campus Circle, 25 August 2010)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.1.2011
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Fritz Allhoff
• Vorwort: Heather Corinna
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Philosophie • Philosophy • Wissenschaft
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-2449-7 / 1444324497
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-2449-5 / 9781444324495