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