Tuesday 2/27

Love, Lust, and Sex II

Readings

Texts

• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapter 8
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapter 9
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapter 10
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapter 11
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapter 12
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapter 13
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Chapters 14 & 15
• Simon Blackburn, "Lust", Notes

Additional Readings

• The Dildo Diaries (excerpt)
• Don't Sell Them in Alabama

Quiz Questions

• Do you think Blackburn has successfully rehabilitated the concept of lust from its ignominious fate at the hands of the Christian Panic? Why or why not?
• Is lust, under Frankfurt's framework and understood in Blackburn's terms, a first-order desire or a second-order desire? Explain your answer.