PHL243H1 Chapter Notes -Casual Sex, Pedophilia
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In the casual philosophy of sex, sex has intrinsic worth as a source of pleasure (395) In the significance philosophy of sex, sex has instrumental value as an expression of love and commitment (395) Accepting promiscuity is unacceptable with viewing rape as worse than other forms of coercion or assault or seeing many acts with willing children as wrong at all (396) The view that would explain the wrongness of these acts fully would also rule out promiscuity (396) The significance view says that pedophilia is wrong because children are unable to appreciate the full significance that sex should have (397) So having sex with a child is treating the child as a means to erotic pleasure without considering the child"s feelings, and the experience may be bewildering and traumatizing (398) Some people who believe in the casual view of sex say that pedophilia is wrong because it physically hurts the child, but this need not be the case (398)