PHIL 2170 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Utopia, Heterosexuality, Bsc Young Boys
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Solomon: romantic love and why it is virtuous. Move from caring about yourself to caring about someone else. What we do and how we act for our partner. Love is not a matter of rational argument; cannot love someone because they present the best reasons. Love can be inappropriate; this is a failing of morality not rationality. Only thing that constrains desire is impossibility; desire is not rational. Explanations we give why we fell in/out of love. Langton and west: three different ways of understanding pornography, two main objections to the approach they prefer and their response. Consumers and authors are considered to be political agents (with free speech and persuasion) in a liberal utopia; porn is designed to generate orgasms. We are subjects and experimenters with visual stimuli; as influential as other forms of communication and speech. It is speech that legitimizes sexual violence against women, silences their free speech and subordinates them, interfering with their right to equality.
