Prostitution and Pornography: Philosophical Debate About the Sex Industry

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Stanford University Press, 2006 - Philosophy - 465 pages
Prostitution and Pornography examines debates about the sex industry and the adequacy of the liberal response to critiques of the sex industry. The anthology focuses particularly on the very different ways prostitution and pornography are treated. Unlike other books that deal with the sex industry, this volume brings together academics and industry veterans and survivors to discuss the ways prostitution, pornography, and other forms of commercial sex are treated, and to ask questions about the role that ideas about the self, personal identity, and freedom play in our attitudes about the sex industry.

 

Contents

Sex Money and Philosophy
1
PART I
7
of Law Reform
106
Between Feminist Theory and Reality Free Speech and Free Spirits
149
Services
175
Pornography Begins
249
PART IV
320
Prohibition of Prostitution
358
Versus Feminist Liberal Defenses of Pornography
419
Index
445
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Jessica Spector earned her doctorate in philosophy at the University of Chicago and works on modern philosophy and ethics. She is the founder of The Academy, which trains professionals in the principles of clear writing and effective argument. She has published on Locke and Hume and has lectured extensively on various aspects of the sex industry.

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