An engaging and accessible introduction to the subject, this text explores love and sex as defining features of our identity. Through thirty-nine classic and contemporary articles, as well as original contributions written by emerging voices in the field, Desire, Love, and Identity covers a wide range of topics, such as sexual objectification, the ethics of sex work, love and sex online, friendship, polyamory, and BDSM.

* Commissioned for this volume Note: most chapters begin with an introduction, and conclude with a discussion and suggestions for further reading Preface PART 1: SEX Introduction to the Philosophy of Sex Section 1: Sexual Desire 1. The Structure of Sexual Desire "Sexual Desire" by Jean-Paul Sartre "Sexual Perversion" by Thomas Nagel 2. The Object(s) of Sexual Desire "Objects of Desire" by Rockney Jacobsen (Wilfrid Laurier University)* "Why Sexuality Matters" by John Russon (University of Guelph)* 3. Sex: Art or Science? "Scientia Sexualis" by Michel Foucault "Challenging Norms: The Co-creative Core of Erotic Life" by Real Fillion (Universite de Sudbury)* 4. Talking About Sex "We 'Other Victorians'" by Michel Foucault "The Speaker's Benefit and the Case of Dan Savage" by Ada S. Jaarsma (Mount Royal University)* "Are We Having Sex Now or What?" by Greta Cristina Section 2; Objectification and Sexual Identity 5. Sexual Objectification "Of Duties to the Body in Regard to the Sexual Impulse" by Immanuel Kant "Objectification" by Martha C. Nussbaum "The Ethics of Sexual Objectification: Autonomy and Consent" by Patricia Marino 6. Derivatization and Degenitalization "Sexual Assault as Derivatization" by Emily Ann Parker* "Cross-Dressing, Trans, and All Stops In-Between" by Michael Gilbert (York University)* Section 3: Ethics and Sexual Issues 7. The Ethics of Sex Work "Sex Work and Desexualization: Foucauldian Reflections on Sex Work" by Chloe Taylor (University of Alberta)* "The Rights and Wrongs of Prostitution" by Julia O'Connell Davidson 8. Other Ethical Issues "Resolving the Gamer's Dilemma" by Christopher Bartel "BDSM: My Apology" by Yolanda Estes* PART 2: LOVE Introduction to the Philosophy of Love Section 4; The Nature of Love 9. Traditions of Love From The Symposium: "Aristophanes' Speech" and "Socrates' Speech" by Plato "The Ethical and Mystical Import of Kama; Sexual/Erotic Passion in Classical Indian Tradition" by Rekha Navneet* 10. What is Love? "Appraisal and Bestowal" by Irving Singer "Physical Beauty and Romantic Love" by Glenn Parsons (Ryerson University)* 11. Agape and Eros "Two Views of Love" by Alan Soble "On Love and Its Reasons" by Harry G. Frankfurt Section 5; Romantic Love 12. Love and Identity "First Attitude toward Others: Love, Language, Masochism" by Jean-Paul Sartre "Romantic Love" by Robert C. Solomon "The Identity Theory of Love" by Robert C. Solomon 13. Love and Identity in Question "The Woman in Love" by Simone de Beauvoir "The Problem with 'We': Rethinking Joint Identity in Romantic Love" by Noel Merino Section 6: Relationships and Marriage 14. Ethical Relationships "Ethical Polyamory and Responsibility" by Alexis Shotwell (Carleton University)* "Different and Unequal: Rethinking Justice in Intimate Relationships" by Lauren Bialystok (University of Toronto)* 15. Marriage "Marriage and Monogamy" by Immanuel Kant "The Meaning of Marriage" by Jill Rusin (Wilfrid Laurier University)* "Marriage for Everybody: What Is Marriage Equality?" by Elizabeth Brake* Section 7: Friendship 16. What is Friendship? From The Nicomachean Ethics: "Friendship and Partnership" by Aristotle 17. Friendship and Value "The Politics of Love" by Tony Milligan* "How to Lose Friends" by Annette C. Baier 18. Friendship and Love Online "The Obstacles against Reaching the Highest Level of Aristotelian Friendship Online" by Robert Sharp "Internet Dating: Challenges to Love and Personal Identity" by Gary Foster Bibliography

\"The up-to-date and original content, as well as the increase in critical/ feminist perspectives, makes this text unique from-and preferable to-other texts available. The fact that it covers both love and sex makes it stand out, as most courses cover both topics, but many texts focus on just one or the other.\" --Susan Dieleman, University of Saskatchewan

\"Desire, Love, and Identity: Philosophy of Sex and Love offers an engaging, accessible introduction to the exciting field of philosophy of love and it successfully stimulates further investigation in a very challenging, eternally problematic area -- not simply the sexual or the amorous encounter, but the encounter between self and the Other.\" --Dr. Rossitsa Terzieva-Artemis, Metapsychology Online