The Palgrave Handbook of Sexual Ethics

David Boonin is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado Boulder and Director of the Department’s Center for Values and Social Policy. He is also the Editor of Public Affairs Quarterly. Professor Boonin received his B.A. in philosophy and history summa cum laude from Yale University in 1986 and his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. He taught at Georgetown University (1992-94) and Tulane University (1994-98) before taking up his current position at CU in 1998. He also held a visiting position for a semester as an Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2006.  

1. Introduction: Sex, Ethics, and Philosophy.- 2. The Metaphysical Foundations of Sexual Morality.- 3. The Ethics of Sexual Pleasure.- 4. The Ethical Significance of Being an Erotic Object.- 5. Kant and Arendt on the Challenges of Good Sex and the Temptations of Bad Sex.- 6. Sexual Jealousy and Sexual Infidelity.- 7. Sexual Use, Sexual Autonomy, and Adaptive Preferences: A Social Approach to Sexual Objectification.- 8. Masturbation and the Problem of Irrational and Immoral Sexual Activity.- 9. Virgin vs. Chad: On Enforced Monogamy as a Solution to the Incel Problem.- 10. The Ethics of Cohabitation.- 11. Why Is Sexual Assault Special?: Transactional Sex and Sacred Intuitions.- 12. Deception and Sexual Harassment.- 13. Homosexuality, Bestiality, and Necrophilia.- 14. The Immorality of Premarital Sexual Abstinence.- 15. Sexual Autonomy and Sexual Consent.- 16. Enthusiastic Consent to Sex.- 17. On the Sufficiency of Sexual Consent.- 18. Bad Sex and Consent.- 19. "Respect Women": Thinking Beyond Consent After #MeToo.- 20. Should Statutory Rape be a Crime?.- 21. Sexual Consent, Dementia, and Well-Being.- 22. Exploitation and Sexual Consent.- 23. A Solution to the Problem of Rape by Fraud.- 24. Sexual Racism.- 25. Racialized Sexual Discrimination: A Moral Right or Morally Wrong?.- 26. Sexual Ableism: Is Sex Work the Best Solution?.- 27. Sexual Exclusion.- 28. Sex and Technology: From Tinder to Robot Sex.- 29. College Party Hook Ups: Consent, Apps, and Double Standards.- 30. #MeToo and the Ethics of Doxing Sexual Transgressors.- 31. Naughty Fantasies (With a New Postscript Including Sex Robots).