Leading contemporary philosophers of sex include Alan Soble and Judith Butler .
Throughout much of the history of Western philosophy, questions of sex and sexuality have been relegated to ethics. There have, however, been deviations from this pattern out of which emerge a tradition of speaking of sexual issues in their own right.
The ''Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love'' {Link without Title} is a professional group within the membership of the American Philosophical Association .
- What is love?
- Is there an essential characteristic that makes an act sexual?
- Are some sexual acts good and others bad? According to what criteria? Alternatively, are consensual sexual acts immoral, or outside the realm of ethics?
- Are sexual identities rooted in some fundamental ontological difference (such as biology)?
- Is sexuality a function of gender or biological sex?
- Are some forms of sex immoral?
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- Soble, Alan. "Antioch's 'Sexual Offense Policy': A Philosophical Exploration," Journal of Social Philosophy 28:1 (1997), pp. 22-36.
- Soble, Alan. The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Introduction. St. Paul, Minn.: Paragon House, 1998.
- Soble, Alan. Sexual Investigations. New York: New York University Press,1996.
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- Soble, Alan, ed. The Philosophy of Sex, 4th edition. Lanham, Md.: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002.
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