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Of Sexual Irregularities, and Other Writings on Sexual Morality (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,804
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Of Sexual Irregularities, and Other Writings on Sexual Morality (Hardcover, New): Philip Schofield, Catherine Pease-Watkin,...

Of Sexual Irregularities, and Other Writings on Sexual Morality (Hardcover, New)

Philip Schofield, Catherine Pease-Watkin, Michael Quinn

Series: The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham

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The present volume contains three essays, 'Of Sexual Irregularities', 'Sextus', and 'General Idea of Not Paul, but Jesus', written in the mid-1810s but never before been published in authoritative form. Bentham presents the utilitarian case for sexual liberty on the grounds that the gratification of the sexual appetite constituted the purest form of pleasure, in opposition to the traditional Christian view that the only morally acceptable form of sexual activity was between one man and one woman, within the confines of marriage, for the purpose of procreation. Bentham offers classical Greece and Rome, where certain male same-sex relationships were regarded as normal, as alternative models of sexual morality, condemns the hostile portrayal of homosexuals in eighteenth-century literature, and calls for the removal of sanctions, whether imposed by religion, law, or public opinion, from all forms of consensual sexual activity, at least in so far as practised in private. Bentham was, moreover, persuaded by Malthus's argument that population growth tended to outstrip food supply. In these circumstances, non-procreative sexual activity had the additional benefit of not contributing to an increase in the size of the population. In the course of his discussion, Bentham expresses forthright views on various aspects of sexuality.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham
Release date: 2014
First published: February 2014
Editors: Philip Schofield • Catherine Pease-Watkin • Michael Quinn
Dimensions: 235 x 162 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-968518-9
Categories: Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > Legal history
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-19-968518-5
Barcode: 9780199685189

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