HUM 560T Humanities Colloquium: Philosophy of Sex and Love
In this seminar, we will ask questions about the nature of sex, sexual desire, lust and love, particularly romantic love, as well as discuss the conditions for meaningful sexual agency and explore some of the many ethical issues surrounding expressions of love and sex. When is sex permissible or forbidden? Does sex require love, and does love require sex? What is required for sex to be consensual? What kind of deception vitiates consent? What is the relationship between sex and power? Is seduction coercive? Is sex work, including pornography and prostitution, empowering or demeaning, and under what conditions? What is sexual objectification, and is it permissible or problematic? These are some of the kinds of questions we will be considering in this seminar as we think critically about sex and love, including our assumptions about what constitutes “good” sex and “true” love, and as we explore the conditions that enhance sexual agency and make both sex and love mutually empowering.
Offered
As Needed