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?