Overview

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

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Author:   Fritz Allhoff (Western Michigan University, The Nanoethics Group) ,  Michael Bruce (works in the non-profit sector with at-risk youth, USA) ,  Robert M. Stewart (California State University, Chico, USA) ,  Heather Corinna
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9781444332940

ISBN 10:   1444332945
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 September 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

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.

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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)

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)

Overall then, College Sex is a valuable collection. Most readerswill want to skip and dip around the essays, looking for those thatare most helpful to them. Many of the essays are not traditionalphilosophical approaches, but the use of communications andpsychology scholarship in the book fits well with the philosophicaldiscussion. Furthermore, the level of the writing is pitched wellfor lower level undergraduate courses in the philosophy of sexlove: I plan to use some of the chapters here for my futurecourses. (Metapsychology, 31 May 2011) You actually get something from it. Rather than a textbook in aclass that you read and forget almost instantaneously, College Sexforces you to see sex from a more objective perspective - you'llsoon be asking questions regarding your own sex life and how goodand healthy it actually is. (Her Campus, September2010) 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 seehow Socrates, Nietzsche, Aristotle and sex are closely connectedwith one another. (Campus Circle, 25 August 2010)

Author Information

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).

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