College sex [[electronic resource] ] : philosophy for everyone : philosophers with benefits / / edited by Michael Bruce and Robert M. Stewart ; foreword by Heather Corinna

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139211203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• ISBN: 1-4443-4144-8; 1-282-72919-5; 9786612729195; 1-4443-2448-9; 1-4443-2449-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Collana: Philosophy for everyone
• Disciplina: 176; 306.701
• Soggetti: College students - Sexual behavior; Sexual ethics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COLLEGE SEX PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Campus Orientation: An Introduction to College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone; PART I FRESHMAN YEAR: Hook-Up Culture; 1 Sex and Socratic Experimentation; 2 The Straight Sex Experiment; 3 The Virtual Bra Clasp: Navigating Technology in College Courtship; 4 Smeared Makeup and Stiletto Heels: Clothing, Sexuality, and the Walk of Shame; 5 Relations at a Distance; PART II SOPHOMORE YEAR: Friends With Benefits; 6 What's Love Got to Do with It? Epicureanism and Friends with Benefits; 7 Friends with Benefits: A Precarious Negotiation8 The Philosophy of Friends with Benefits: What College Students Think They Know; PART III JUNIOR YEAR: Ethics of College Sex; 9 A Horny Dilemma: Sex and Friendship between Students and Professors; 10 Philosophers and the Not So Platonic Student-Teacher Relationship; 11 Thinking About Thinking About Sex; 12 Exploring the Association Between Love and ; Sex; 13 Sex for a College Education; PART IV SENIOR YEAR: Sex and Self-Respect; 14 Meaningful Sex and Moral Respect; 15 Can Girls Go Wild With Self-Respect?; 16 Mutual Respect and Sexual Morality: How to Have College Sex Well17 Bad Faith or True Desire? A Sartrean View on College Sex; Notes on Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 useConsiders 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 S