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A Moral Defense of Prostitution

Author : Rob Lovering
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9783030758622
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book A Moral Defense of Prostitution written by Rob Lovering and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2021-07-29 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is prostitution immoral? In this book, Rob Lovering argues that it is not. Offering a careful and thorough critique of the many—twenty, to be exact—arguments for prostitution's immorality, Lovering leaves no claim unchallenged. Drawing on the relevant literature along with his own creative thinking, Lovering offers a clear and reasoned moral defense of the world's oldest profession. Lovering demonstrates convincingly, on both consequentialist and nonconsequentialist grounds, that there is nothing immoral about prostitution between consenting adults. The legal implications of this view are also brought to bear on the current discourse surrounding this controversial topic.

A Moral Defense of Prostitution

Author : Rob Lovering
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303075863X
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book A Moral Defense of Prostitution written by Rob Lovering and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is prostitution immoral? In this book, Rob Lovering argues that it is not. Offering a careful and thorough critique of the many—twenty, to be exact—arguments for prostitution's immorality, Lovering leaves no claim unchallenged. Drawing on the relevant literature along with his own creative thinking, Lovering offers a clear and reasoned moral defense of the world's oldest profession. Lovering demonstrates convincingly, on both consequentialist and nonconsequentialist grounds, that there is nothing immoral about prostitution between consenting adults. The legal implications of this view are also brought to bear on the current discourse surrounding this controversial topic.

A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use

Author : Rob Lovering
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137528680
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book A Moral Defense of Recreational Drug Use written by Rob Lovering and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does American law allow the recreational use of some drugs, such as alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine, but not others, such as marijuana, cocaine, and heroin? The answer lies not simply in the harm the use of these drugs might cause, but in the perceived morality—or lack thereof—of their recreational use. Despite strong rhetoric from moral critics of recreational drug use, however, it is surprisingly difficult to discern the reasons they have for deeming the recreational use of (some) drugs morally wrong. In this book, Rob Lovering lays out and dissects various arguments for the immorality of using marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and other drugs recreationally. He contends that, by and large, these arguments do not succeed. Lovering’s book represents one of the first works to systematically present, analyze, and critique arguments for the moral wrongness of recreational drug use. Given this, as well as the popularity of the morality-based defense of the United States’ drug laws, this book is an important and timely contribution to the debate on the recreational use of drugs.

Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution

Author : Rachel Moran
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039335198X
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Paid For: My Journey Through Prostitution written by Rachel Moran and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An astonishingly brave memoir of prostitution and its lingering influence on a woman’s psyche and life. “The best work by anyone on prostitution ever, Rachel Moran’s Paid For fuses the memoirist’s lived poignancy with the philosopher’s conceptual sophistication. The result is riveting, compelling, incontestable. Impossible to put down. This book provides all anyone needs to know about the reality of prostitution in moving, insightful prose that engages and disposes of every argument ever raised in its favor.” —Catharine A. MacKinnon, law professor, University of Michigan and Harvard University Born into a troubled family, Rachel Moran left home at the age of fourteen. Being homeless, she was driven into prostitution to survive. With intelligence and empathy, she describes the exploitation she and others endured on the streets and in the brothels. Moran also speaks to the psychological damage inherent to prostitution and the inevitable estrangement from one’s body. At twenty-two, Moran escaped the sex trade. She has since become a writer and an abolitionist activist.

Prostitution Policy

Author : Lenore Kuo
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814747914
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Prostitution Policy written by Lenore Kuo and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the lens of feminist theory, Kuo examines the milieu of prostitutes and the role of prostitution in contemporary society, and how the interplay of those two works itself out in practice.

The Philosophy of Sex

Author : Raja Halwani
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538155389
Total Pages : 665 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Sex written by Raja Halwani and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 665 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With twenty-five essays, seven of which are new to the eighth edition, this best-selling volume examines the nature, morality, and social meanings of contemporary sexual phenomena. Topics include: sexual desire and activity, masturbation, Sexual orientation, asexuality, transgender issues, Zoophilia, rape, casual sex and promiscuity, love and sex, polyamory, sexual consent, sexual, perversion, sexual ethics, objectification, BDSM, sex and technology, sex and race, and sex work. Updated and new discussion questions offer students starting points for debate in both the classroom and the bedroom.

The Philosophy of Sex

Author : Alan Soble
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742547988
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Sex written by Alan Soble and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty contemporary essays that explore philosophically, conceptually, and theologically the nature, social meanings, and morality of contemporary sexual phenomena. From publisher description.

Debating Sex Work

Author : Lori Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190659882
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Debating Sex Work written by Lori Watson and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prostitution is often referred to as "oldest profession." Critics of this expression redescribe it as "the oldest oppression." Debates about how best to understand and regulate prostitution are bound up with difficult moral, legal, and political questions. Indeed, it can be approached from numerous angles--is buying and selling sex fundamentally wrong? How can it possibly be regulated? How can sex workers be protected, if they are allowed to work at all? In this concise, for-and-against volume, ethicists Lori Watson and Jessica Flanigan engage with each other on the nature and consequences of sex work, revealing new and profound ways in which to understand it. The volume opens with a joint introduction, before Lori Watson first argues for a sex equality approach to prostitution in which buyers are criminalized and sellers are decriminalized, also known as the Nordic model. Watson defends the Nordic Model on the grounds that prostitution is an exploitative and unequal practice that only entrenches existing patterns of gendered injustice. Full decriminalization of prostitution only stymies existing occupational health and safety standards and securing worker autonomy and equality. Further, to Watson, drawing a distinction between sex trafficking and prostitution is irrelevant for public policy; what underpins them is demand, which fuels the inequalities of both. That is what needs to be addressed. In a rebuttal, Jessica Flanigan contends that sex work should be fully decriminalized because restrictions on the sale and purchase of sex violate the rights of sex workers and their clients. She argues that decriminalization is preferable to policies that could expose sex workers and their clients to criminal penalties, and leave them at the mercy of public officials. Putting these two views on sex work into conversation with one another, and opening up space for readers to weigh both approaches, the book provides a thorough, accessible exploration of the issues surrounding sex work, written with both sympathy and philosophical rigor.

"Off the Straight Path"

Author : Elyse Semerdjian
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815651554
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book "Off the Straight Path" written by Elyse Semerdjian and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The legal treatment of sexual behavior is a subject that receives little scholarly attention in the field of Middle East women’s studies. Important questions about the relationship between sexuality and the law and about the societies enforcing that relationship are rarely addressed in the current literature. Elyse Semerdjian’s "Off the Straight Path" takes a bold step toward filling that gap by offering a fascinating look at the historical progression of the treatment of illicit sex under Islamic law. Semerdjian provides a comprehensive review of the concept of zina, i.e., sexual indiscretion, by exploring the diverse interpretation of zina crime as presented in a variety of sources from the Qur’an and hadith to legal literature. She then delves into the history of legal responses to zina within the specific community of Aleppo, Syria. Drawing on a wealth of shari‘a court records, Semerdjian provides a realistic view of Syrian society during the Ottoman period. With vivid detail, she describes specific women’s lives and experiences as their cases are presented before the court. Semerdjian argues that the actual treatment of zina crimes in the courts differs substantially from sentences prescribed by codified Islamic jurisprudence. In contrast to the violent corporal punishments dictated in the Islamic legal code, the courts often punished crimes of sexual indiscretion with nonviolent sentences, such as removal from the community. Employing exceptional insight, "Off the Straight Path" presents a powerful challenge to the traditional view of Islamic law, enabling a richer understanding of Islamic society.

Imposing Decency

Author : Eileen Findlay
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822323969
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book Imposing Decency written by Eileen Findlay and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interrelationship between sexuality and national identity during Puerto Rico's transition from Spanish to U.S. colonialism.

In Defense of Sin

Author : John Portmann
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1403961425
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Sin written by John Portmann and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-03-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intriguing, and occasionally unsettling, In Defense of Sinis a refreshingly frank exploration of some real facts of life. Portmann gathers an on-target collection of great writers on transgressions large and small. Read about defenses for promiscuity, greed, deceit, gossip, lust, breaking the golden rule, and more--and use this unusual guide to decide for yourself if sin has a place in our contemporary, and virtually unshockable, society. Provocative and illuminating, this book may change how you think about sin, morality, and what's right. Contributors include Aaron Ben-Ze'ev, Anthony Ellis, Jane English, Ludwig Feuerbach, Sigmund Freud, Bernard Mandeville, Jerome Neu, Friedrich Nietzsche, David Novitz, Joyce Carol Oates, David A.J. Richards, Seneca, Jonathan Swift, Richard Wasserstrom, and Oscar Wilde.

The Philosophy of Sex

Author : Alan Soble
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780742513464
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Sex written by Alan Soble and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the fourth edition of The Philosophy of Sex, distinguished philosophers and social critics confront a variety of issues, including prostitution, adultery, masturbation, homosexuality, and the different attitudes men and women have about sex. The fourth edition includes an entirely new section on Kant and sex, as well as new essays by Michael E. Levin, Cheshire Calhoun, Irving Singer, Pat Califia, and Alan Soble. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Seduction, Prostitution, and Moral Reform in New York, 1830-1860

Author : Larry Howard Whiteaker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815328735
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (287 download)

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Download or read book Seduction, Prostitution, and Moral Reform in New York, 1830-1860 written by Larry Howard Whiteaker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A challenge to viceThis book examines New York reformers' efforts during the Jacksonian era to prevent young women and men from straying into sexual vice. Convinced that sin was voluntary, and thus subject to eradication, the reformers attacked such vices as drinking alcohol, and sexual misconduct. The "wicked city" would be purified and made into a proper Christian community.Help for prostitutesReform organizations first exposed the city's growing prostitution problem by enumerating the prostitutes and describing their condition. To rescue the women, the reformers made modest efforts to establish asylums where the women could learn proper morals and receive alternative vocational training. By the mid 1930s the Female Benevolent Society's asylum cared for a small but steady number of penitents, returning most of them to their families or placing them as servants in private homes.Shame for clientsA split in the reform efforts came in 1834 when some reformers gave up on prostituterescue and began to focus on the prevention of sexual misconduct. The Female Moral Reform Society targeted male seducers by seeking an anti-seduction law and by publishing the names of prostitutes patrons. In addition, the Society formulated a code of conduct for women and men to prevent them from falling victim to the city's enticements. The Society exposed many women for the first time to the city's working class conditions and made them aware of how poverty and economic difficulties contributed to the prostitution problem. At the same time, the women's expertise made some of them take notice of women's conditions in general, and become determined to bring changes to the male-dominated community.

Love for Sale

Author : Nils Johan Ringdal
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1555848087
Total Pages : 613 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book Love for Sale written by Nils Johan Ringdal and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[An] enlightening and entertaining . . . survey of the world’s oldest profession” from the Whore of Babylon to the modern sex-worker movement (Kirkus Reviews). From Eve and Lilith to Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman, the prostitute has been both a target of scorn and a catalyst for social change. In Love for Sale, cultural historian Nils Johan Ringdal delivers an authoritative and engaging history of this most maligned, yet globally ubiquitous, form of human commerce. Beginning with the epic of Gilgamesh, the Old Testament, and ancient cultures from Asia to the Mediterranean, Ringdal considers the varying way societies have dealt with and thought about prostitutes through history. He discusses how they were included in the priestess class in ancient Greece and Rome; how the rise of the courtesan in nineteenth-century Europe shaped literature, fashion, the arts, and modern sensibilities. He uncovers the first manuals on the art of sex and seduction, the British Empire’s campaigns against prostitution in India, and stories of the Japanese “comfort women” who served the armies in the Pacific theater of World War II. Ringdal closes with the rise of the sex-workers’ rights movement and ‘sex-positive” feminism, and a realistic look at the true risks and rewards of prostitution in the present day. Recalling Camille Paglia’s Sexual Personae with its broad sweep across centuries and continents, Love for Sale “uses [its] subject as a springboard for exploring the ever-changing notions of love, sexual identity, morality and gender among various cultures” (Nan Goldberg, Newark Sunday Star-Ledger).

Sex For Sale

Author : Ronald Weitzer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000643433
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Sex For Sale written by Ronald Weitzer and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the publication of the second edition in 2010, the field of sex work studies has expanded. This fully updated edition of Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and Erotic Dancing presents an innovative, in-depth, and nuanced analysis of sex work, its risks, and benefits, and pays attention to newer and everchanging types of sex work and its actors, as well as public policies and laws that govern its trade. Now in its third edition, this volume includes updated research on traditional forms of sexual labor and incorporates original, empirically grounded research on newer or less researched phenomena. New chapters explore the use of technology among street sellers, blurring the line between street and online solicitation, in addition to chapters on historical prostitution, transgender workers, illicit massage parlors, male strippers, commercial webcamming, alternative policies and legal systems, and the sex workers' rights movement. The combination of cutting-edge and comprehensive analyses and carefully constructed methodologies in Sex for Sale makes it an excellent source of information for scholars and university students in gender studies, sociology, and criminology.

Insights into Ethical Theory and Practice

Author : Francis Fallon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527579514
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Insights into Ethical Theory and Practice written by Francis Fallon and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethical issues hold great importance for all of us, but expert accounts of them are difficult to access for those outside academics. This volume bridges that gap by framing a variety of essays within the field in a way that renders them accessible to experts and non-experts alike. Many collections on ethics re-publish classic essays and offer contextualization and analysis, while other volumes of emerging, innovative work presuppose a background in the field. This book uniquely borrows from both approaches, offering emerging, innovative work, carefully curating its order for sense, and presenting the work so that non-experts may understand it. The field of ethics is an eclectic one. Where other collections on ethics may intimidate the reader by representing the field as an organized monolith, or as impenetrable to outsiders, this volume is designed to give readers confidence and enthusiasm in approaching a diverse and lively subject.

In Defense of Honor

Author : Sueann Caulfield
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822323983
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book In Defense of Honor written by Sueann Caulfield and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines debates over sexual honor to explore the ways in which private morality was infused with the cultural politics of nation-building and modernization, and was used to legitimate power differentials based on race, gender, and class.