PHL243H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rationality, Pansexuality, Consequentialism
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Texts: seventh edition of readings in philosophy of sex. Wo(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed the (cid:271)ook fo(cid:396) a (cid:272)ouple of (cid:449)eeks, (cid:272)a(cid:374) get the (cid:271)ook late(cid:396). Read fo(cid:396) (cid:374)e(cid:454)t ti(cid:373)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) you have your first summary. Intro to what the point of philosophy of sex is, according to prof. Fair to say readings will prove when people talk about facts of sex they are talking about what the think it is vs what it really is. Impossible to do in a way that is general. First theme of sex and gender: issue of dimorphism. Second theme: sex in the sense of desire, fucking, attraction, how it relates to gender. Third theme: political and ethical issues arising from how people think of the first two themes. Philosophy is always, in a way, something else. Like: many ways in which they are similar. Both look at general questions about what human beings are like and about our place in the universe.
