02542nam 2200625 450 991081781570332120230828221423.01-283-20675-797866132067561-4411-6556-8(CKB)2670000000107121(EBL)743132(OCoLC)741690804(SSID)ssj0000525618(PQKBManifestationID)12166587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525618(PQKBWorkID)10508484(PQKB)10507882(MiAaPQ)EBC5309774(MiAaPQ)EBC743132(Au-PeEL)EBL743132(CaONFJC)MIL320675(EXLCZ)99267000000010712120180322h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSexual desire a philosophical investigation /Roger ScrutonLondon, [England] :Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (439 p.)Includes indexes.0-8264-8038-1 Contents; Preface; Advice to the reader; 1 The problem; 2 Arousal; 3 Persons; 4 Desire; 5 The individual object; 6 Sexual phenomena; 7 The science of sex; 8 Love; 9 Sex and gender; 10 Perversion; 11 Sexual morality; 12 The politics of sex; Epilogue; Appendix 1 The first person; Appendix 2 Intentionality; Notes; Index of Names; Index of SubjectsWhen John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either of them want? What is meant by innocence, passion, love and arousal, desire, perversion and shame? These are just a few of the questions Roger Scruton addresses in this thought-provoking intellectual adventure. Beginning from purely philosophical premises, and ranging over human life, art and institutions, he surveys the entire field of sexuality; equally dissatisfied with puritanism and permissiveness, he argues for a radical break with recent theories. Upholding traditional morality - though in terms that may shock many of its praSexSexual ethicsSensualitySex (Psychology)Sex.Sexual ethics.Sensuality.Sex (Psychology)176306.701Scruton Roger33124MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817815703321Sexual desire4009749UNINA