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Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex

A Philosophical Analysis

Stephen Kershnar (Author)
Online resources available
Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex cover

Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex

A Philosophical Analysis

Stephen Kershnar (Author)
Online resources available

Description

This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult–child sex and pedophilia. It looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Adult–Child Sex, Pedophilia, and Hebophilia
Chapter Two: Disease
Chapter Three: Adult–Child Sex and Backward-Looking Reasons
Chapter Four: How Consent Works
Chapter Five: Exploitation
Chapter Six: Adult–Child Sex and Forward-Looking Reasons
Chapter Seven: Pedophilic Fantasies
Chapter Eight: Criminalization

Product details

Published 20 May 2015
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9781498504478
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 9 tables;
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Stephen Kershnar

Reviews

  • Stephen Kershnar¹s latest book will be relevant to anyone interested in the ethics of interacting with children, the ethics of sex, and, needless to say, the ethics of sex with children. Plausibly maintaining that emotional reactions of disgust and knee-jerk appeals to intuition are not enough to ground normative judgment, Kershnar engages in a comprehensive and thorough philosophical discussion of various facets of adult-child sex. He provides plausible conceptual analyses of key concepts, usefully distinguishes between various kinds of adult-child sex (depending on the nature of the parties, the use of force, the infliction of pain, and so on), and advances thoughtful—albeit controversial—answers to the questions of whether and when adult-child sex is an instance of mental illness, wrong action, or bad character.

    Thaddeus Metz, University of Johannesburg

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