Thursday 4/5

Pornography II

Readings

Texts

• Michael Rea: What is Pornography? (pdf from last time)
• Martin Amis, Rough Trade (Part One and Part Two, pdf's)
• Andrea Dworkin, "Pornography Happens to Women"
• Pornography and Censorship (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• "Women Tailor Sex Industry To Their Eyes" NY Times

Quiz Questions

• What are the conservative arguments for censorship?
• What is the traditional liberal defence of a right to pornography?
• What is Dworkin's argument against pornography?