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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826721203321

Autore

Kershnar Stephen

Titolo

Pedophilia and adult-child sex : a philosophical analysis / / Stephen Kershnar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-0445-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Disciplina

362.76

Soggetti

Pedophilia

Child sexual abuse

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

Title Page; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex; Pedophilia and Mental Disorder; The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Non-Forward-Looking Reasons; How Consent Works; Exploitation; The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Forward-Looking Reasons; Pedophilic Fantasies; Criminalization; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult-child sex and pedophilia. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious and how the law should respond to it.  </span></span><br /><span><span> </span></span>