1st Edition

The Ethics of Hooking Up Casual Sex and Moral Philosophy on Campus

By James Rocha Copyright 2020
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

The Ethics of Hooking Up: Casual Sex and Moral Philosophy on Campus provides a systematic moral analysis of hooking up, or sexual activity between people who barely know each other, frequently while intoxicated, and with little or no verbal interaction. It explores the moral quandaries resulting from this potent combination of sex, alcohol, near-anonymity, and limited communication, focusing in... Read more
1. Hook Up Morality

2. Consent

3. Aggressive Hook Ups

4. Adequately Informed Hook Ups

5. Sufficiently Sober Hook Ups

6. The Insufficiency of Consent

7. Respectful, Beneficent, and Trustworthy Hook Ups

8. Moral Hook Ups

Biography

James Rocha is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fresno. James specializes in ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and philosophy of race, and he has published in numerous journals, including Ethical Theory & Moral Practice, Journal of Applied Philosophy, Social Theory and Practice, The Kennedy Institute of Ethics, and Res Publica.

"My overall impression is very positive. It is an original and persuasively argued book that advances discussion in the literature, which the author knows remarkably well. I also find it to be most timely and likely to be of some practical guidance to readers."

--Robert M. Stewart, California State University, Chico