Thursday 4/12

Sexual Perversion

Readings

Texts

• Thomas Nagel, "Sexual Perversion" (pdf)
• Graham Priest, "Sexual Perversion" (pdf)
• Alan Soble: Philosophy of Sexuality (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
• A Map of Human Sexuality
• What's Your Perversion?

Quiz Questions

• Give three examples of sexual perversions and explain why, on Nagel's account, they qualify as sexual perversions.
• What is Nagel's theory of sexual desire, and how does this theory contrast with Blackburn's?
• What are Priest's criticisms of Nagel's account of sexual perversion?