In twelve original and philosophically thought-provoking essays, the authors reflect on the broader meanings of love and sex: what their shifting historical meanings entail for us in the present how they are constrained by social conventions the ambiguous juxtaposition of agency and passivity that they reveal how they shape and are formed by political institutions the opportunities they present to resist the confines of gender and sexual orientation how cultural artefacts can become incorporated into the body and how love and sex both form and justify our ethical world views. This volume challenges some of our most prevalent assumptions relating to identity, the body, monogamy, libido, sexual identity, seduction, fidelity, orgasm, and more. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, the author of the book Mad Mothers, Bad Mothers, and What a Good Mother Would Do and co-editor of three anthologies including New Philosophies of Sex and Love: Thinking through Desire.Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure they shape our very identities, our ways of relating to ourselves, each other and our shared world. Sarah LaChance Adams is the Florida Blue Distinguished Professor and Director of the Florida Blue Center for Ethics at the University of North Florida. With all of these in mind, this episode explored the meaning behind sex, reconsider the questions that are worth asking, and even addresses the issues teachers face when they discuss sexuality with their classes. Now, with mainstream acknowledgment of pornography, marginalized sexual identities and orientations, and newfound openness to kinky play, it’s time for philosophy to take another look at what sex means in our lives. We love questioning how culture and biology combine to establish what’s normal, and examining the various justifications for transgression.
Discussing sex can be quite difficult, even embarrassing, but philosophers have been doing it for thousands of years.
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