Same Sex

Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality

John Corvino (Anthology Editor) , Daryl J. Bem (Contributor) , John Boswell (Contributor) , David Bradshaw (Contributor) , William Byne (Contributor) , Claudia Card (Contributor) ,
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Same Sex

Debating the Ethics, Science, and Culture of Homosexuality

John Corvino (Anthology Editor) , Daryl J. Bem (Contributor) , John Boswell (Contributor) , David Bradshaw (Contributor) , William Byne (Contributor) , Claudia Card (Contributor) ,
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Same Sex is the most comprehensive anthology on homosexuality available. It goes beyond other classroom readers to explore historical conceptions of homosexuality, homosexual identity, and a variety of public policy issues, ranging from gay marriage to outing to military service. It also examines the issues from ethical, religious, and scientific perspectives. While the authors represent a wide range of opinions on homosexuality, the anthology cuts through the emotional fervor surrounding homosexuality to offer reasoned, lucid discussion of the issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgments

I. Morality and Religion
1 Why Shouldn't Tommy and Jim Have Sex? A Defense of Homosexuality
2 A Reply to Corvino
3 Law, Morality, and "Sexual Orientation"
4 Homosexual Conduct: A Reply to the New Natural Lawyers
5 The Homosexual Movement
6 A Reply to the Ramsey Colloquium
7 The Bible on Homosexuality: Ethically Neutral
8 Romans 1:26-27 and Biblical Sexuality
II. Science and Identity
9 The Origins of Sexual Orientation: Possible Biological Contributions
10 The Exotic-Becomes-Erotic Theory of Sexual Orientation
11 The Ethical Relevance of Scientific Research on Sexual Orientation
12 Diversity and Variability in Women's Sexual Identities
13 Explaining Homosexuality: Who Cares Anyhow?
III. Identity and History
14 Aristophanes' Speech from the Symposium Plato
15 Revolutions, Universals, and Sexual Categories
16 Sex Before Sexuality: Pederasty, Politics, and Power in Classical Athens
17 The Reproduction of Butch-Fem Roles: A Social Constructionist Approach
18 Christian Brotherhood or Sexual Perversion? Homosexual Identities and the Construction of Sexual Boundaries in the World War I Era
19 Strangers at Home: Bisexuals in the Queer Movement
IV. Public Policy
20 Make Love, Not War: The Pentagon's Ban is Wise and Just
21 Dry-cleaning the Troops and Other Matters: A Critique of Don't Ask. Don't Tell
22 The Case for Outing
23 Outing, Ethics, and Politics: A Reply to Mohr
24 How Domestic Partnerships and "Gay Marriage" Threaten the Family
25 Who Needs Marriage?
26 Against Marriage
27 A Gay and Straight Agenda
Notes
Index
About the Contributors

Product details

Published Oct 16 1997
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 422
ISBN 9780847684823
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 233 x 163 mm
Series Studies in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

JC
Anthology Editor

John Corvino

DB
Contributor

Daryl J. Bem

JB
Contributor

John Boswell

DB
Contributor

David Bradshaw

WB
Contributor

William Byne

CC
Contributor

Claudia Card

GC
Contributor

George Chauncey

MD
Contributor

Madeline Davis

JF
Contributor

John Finnis

CG
Contributor

Carla Golden

DH
Contributor

David M. Halperin

DH
Contributor

Daniel A. Helminak

LH
Contributor

Leah Himmelhoch

EK
Contributor

Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy

RK
Contributor

Robert H. Knight

AK
Contributor

Andrew Koppelman

ML
Contributor

Mitchell Lasco

JL
Contributor

John Luddy

RM
Contributor

Richard D. Mohr

P
Contributor

Plato

CQ
Contributor

Carol Queen

TC
Contributor

The Ramsey Colloquium

JR
Contributor

Jonathan Rauch

TS
Contributor

Thomas E. Schmidt

PS
Contributor

Paul Siegel

ES
Contributor

Edward Stein

JS
Contributor

James S. Stramel

FS
Contributor

Frederick Suppe

TW
Contributor

Thomas Williams

Reviews

  • This series of essays and responses makes for a calm, measured debate on the morality of homosexuality and of society's treatment of homosexuals . . . [and] attempts to substitute reason and scholarship for diatribe.

    The Instrumentalist

  • This is a thoughtful book, one that provides plenty of space for reflection and drawing one's own conclusions-or seeking further information.

    National Catholic Reporter

  • One welcomes with enthusiasm, therefore, Same Sex, a series of twenty-seven essays which gives space to arguments on both, or more, sides of many of the issues surrounding homosexuality, and genuinely seeks to engage in intellectual debate.

    Times Literary Supplement

  • Exceptionally comprehensive, admirably balanced, endlessly thought-provoking."

    Bruce Bawer, author of A Place at the Table

  • [An] extremely useful collection of original pieces and recent classics.

    Chesire Calhoun, Department of Philosophy, Colby College

  • . . . lucidly distinguishes among nature/nurture, essentialist/constructionist, and determinist/voluntarist . . .

    Susan Henking, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Religious Studies Review

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