PHIL104 — Philosophy of Sex and Love
PHIL 104 - Philosophy of Sex and Love PHIL 104 - Philosophy of Sex and Love 5 Credits This course introduces students to philosophy via the topics of sex and love. It explores philosophical questions and controversies regarding each. Topics explored may include the nature of sex and love, sex with love, sex without love, desire, marriage, friendship, monogamy, polygamy, homosexuality, social control of sex and love, sexual ethics, sexual taboos, sexual perversions, objectification, sex work, pornography, and others. Both historical and contemporary philosophical approaches to such topics are examined. Fees Quarters Typically all Day, Online Winter Day, Online Spring Day, Online Designed to Serve Students seeking Humanities Area 1 distribution credit; students needing AA credit; Running Start students; students with an interest in philosophy; general students. Active Date 20230328T10:34:26 Grading Basis Decimal Grade Class Limit 24 Lecture 55 Total Degree Distributions: AA Humanities Area I Course Outline 1- INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL TOOLS Metaphysics Epistemology Ethics 2 - LOVE What is love? Historical Approaches: e.g., Plato, Aristotle, Freud, Contemporary Approaches: e.g., Lewis, Sartre, Nozick, Nussbaum, Badhwar 3 - SEX What is sex? Historical Approaches: e.g., Aristophanes, Aquinas, Wollstonecraft, Contemporary Approaches: e.g., Russell, Beauvoir, Foucault, Soble, Nussbaum, Solomon, Perel 4 - CONTEMPORARY QUESTIONS & CONTROVERSIES REGARDING SEX & LOVE Select contempo