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Pedophilia and Adult–Child Sex: A Philosophical Analysis

By Stephen Kershnar

Book information

Publisher
Lexington Books
Year
2015
ISBN
1498504469, 9781498504461
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
925 kB (947127 bytes)
Pages
168\169
Time added
2018-02-15 09:39:21
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Description

This book provides a philosophical analysis of adult–child sex and pedophilia. This sex intuitively strikes many people as sick, disgusting, and wrong. The problem is that it is not clear whether these judgments are justified and whether they are aesthetic or moral. By analogy, many people find it disgusting to view images of obese people having sex, but it is hard to see what is morally undesirable about such sex: here the judgment is aesthetic. This book looks at the moral status of such adult-child sex. In particular, it explores whether those who engage in adult-child sex have a disease, act wrongly, or are vicious. In addition, it looks at how the law should respond to such sex given the above analyses.

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