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Sexual Ethics

This Research Guide has been developed to support PHIL 365.

Course Description

An examination of various philosophical issues in sexual ethics, including the role of sexuality in human life, its relation to love and to marriage, the meaning and value of sexual freedom, the moral status of homosexuality, the meaning of sexual consent, and sexual objectification and co-modification. 

Definitions

Sexual: Of, relating to, or associated with sex or the sexes.

Ethics: The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation.

 

From: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2003.

Reference Books

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