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Sex: A Philosophical Primer
Irving Singer
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Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: VFVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 264.
In the first edition of Sex: A Philosophical Primer, Singer offered a new conception of sex, locating it within a spectrum that also includes love and compassion. He suggested that this conception improves upon the work of theorists who tend to relegate sex, love, and compassion to separate and distinct compartments. Singer further argues that sex in human beings is normally—perhaps always in some degree—a composite of the appetitive and the interpersonal, a view that becomes the basis for his later remarks about the relative value of individual sex acts, as well as their place within the aesthetic and moral ... Read more
In the first edition of Sex: A Philosophical Primer, Singer offered a new conception of sex, locating it within a spectrum that also includes love and compassion. He suggested that this conception improves upon the work of theorists who tend to relegate sex, love, and compassion to separate and distinct compartments. Singer further argues that sex in human beings is normally—perhaps always in some degree—a composite of the appetitive and the interpersonal, a view that becomes the basis for his later remarks about the relative value of individual sex acts, as well as their place within the aesthetic and moral ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742512375
SKU
V9780742512375
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About Irving Singer
Irving Singer is professor of philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of Feeling and Imagination and Explorations in Love and Sex.
Reviews for Sex: A Philosophical Primer
This book demonstrates the scholarly rigor and lucid writing that we have come to expect from Singer.
Robert C. Solomon, Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Aust Irving Singer offers us his mature reflections on the nature and evaluation of human sexuality in this important new study—a welcome ... Read more
Robert C. Solomon, Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Aust Irving Singer offers us his mature reflections on the nature and evaluation of human sexuality in this important new study—a welcome ... Read more