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Catalogue 2018-2019 
    
Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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WMST 106 - Philosophical & Contemporary Issues

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2018/19b: Sexual Ethics: Pleasure, Danger, Desire, & Justice. (Same as PHIL 106 ) In this course we explore the ethics of sex and sexuality. We consider both moral issues— inquiries into what is or is not morally permissible and why—  and ethical issues— inquiries into how sexuality pertains to our existence, identities, and personal and communal flourishing. Questions include: What is sex? Are sex and sexuality ethically significant components of our ways of life? What renders a sexual activity immoral? Is being sexually normal the same as being morally good? What is consent? Are the erotic, the sexual, and the romantic necessarily conjoined? What is the relationship between sexual misconduct, harm, and conditions of injustice— and, conversely, what might be the relationship between sexual mutuality, care, and justice? Our work throughout the semester is in both theoretical and applied ethics, and readings span the philosophical literature on autonomy, care, consent, justice, work, subjectivity, and embodiment. Oli Stephano.

Two 75-minute periods.



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