PHL243H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gynaecology, Anal Sex, Puritans
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Vision change through argument; nothing is sacred. Including the relation of normative to factual questions. And the problem of the right approach to values and norms. All are contested; all arouse dangerous emotions. Philosophy, sex and feminism (i) what counts as sexual Scenario 1: a woman is manipulating another"s vagina. Scenario 1: a man is watching other men paly football. Methodology: the theory f what methods are appropriate. The theory of forms: all physical things are just imperfect copies of perfect objects. When we copy a text, we don"t copy shapes but the intended string of letters. Note the indirection we"re getting it all third hand: its art. Here normal erotic sex is homosexual (mature man and adolescent boy the best kind of love) Speeches are supposed to be in praise of love, but take surprising twists but there are constraints on its sexual and emotional expression. Older the active and the younger the submissive.
