Part 1 Why the philosophy of sex: philosophers have avoided sex, W.M. Alexander; why are love and sex philosophically interesting?, Ann Garry. PArt 2 Analyzing the sexual: sexual perversion, Thomas Nagel; sexual paradigms, Robert Solomon; sexual behaviour - another position, Janice Moulton; plain sex, Alan Goldman; the possibility of perversion, Mortimer R. Kadish; beauty and sex, Guy Sircello; masturbation and sexual philosophy, Alan Soble; the limits of sexuality, Stephen David Ross. Part 3 Contemporary issues: what's really wrong with adultery, Michael J. Wreen; adultery, Bonnie Steinbock; why sex is private - gays and the police; feminine masochism and the politics of personal transformation, Sandra Lee Bartky; how bad is rape, H.E. Barber; prostitution, Alison M. Jaggar; pornography and the alienation of male sexuality, Harry Brod; women, pornography and the law, Rosemarie Tong; pornography and the social sciences, Alan Soble; readings for further study.
