Pedophilia and adult-child sex : a philosophical analysis /
Kershnar, Stephen.
Pedophilia and adult-child sex : a philosophical analysis / Stephen Kershnar. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 143 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-138) and index.
Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex -- Pedophilia and Mental Disorder -- The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Non-Forward-Looking Reasons -- How Consent Works -- Exploitation -- The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Forward-Looking Reasons -- Pedophilic Fantasies -- Criminalization.
"This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult-child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses"--Publisher's description.
English.
9781498504478 ebook 1498504477 cloth : alk. paper electronic 1498504450 9781498504454
2021677691
Pedophilia.
Child sexual abuse.
Pédophilie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Child sexual abuse.
Pedophilia.
Electronic books.
HQ71
362.76
Pedophilia and adult-child sex : a philosophical analysis / Stephen Kershnar. - 1 online resource (xxiii, 143 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-138) and index.
Pedophilia and Adult-Child Sex -- Pedophilia and Mental Disorder -- The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Non-Forward-Looking Reasons -- How Consent Works -- Exploitation -- The Wrongness of Adult-Child Sex Involving Willing Participants and Forward-Looking Reasons -- Pedophilic Fantasies -- Criminalization.
"This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult-child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses"--Publisher's description.
English.
9781498504478 ebook 1498504477 cloth : alk. paper electronic 1498504450 9781498504454
2021677691
Pedophilia.
Child sexual abuse.
Pédophilie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Social Services & Welfare.
Child sexual abuse.
Pedophilia.
Electronic books.
HQ71
362.76