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Outline of sexual ethics

Outline of sexual ethics is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Outline of sexual ethics rather than just read about it. In short: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sexual ethics: Sexual ethics – branch of philosophy that explores the moral obligations, and permissibility, or impermissibility of sexual activities. Also deals with issues arising from all aspects of sexuality and human sexual behaviour relating to the community and personal standards regarding the conduct of interpersonal relationships, incl…

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sexual ethics: Sexual ethics – branch of philosophy that explores the moral obligations, and permissibility, or impermissibility of sexual activities. Also deals with issues arising from all aspects of sexuality and human sexual behaviour relating to the community and personal standards regarding the conduct of interpersonal relationships, including issues of consent, sexual relations before marriage and/or while married, including the issues of marital fidelity and premarital and non-marital sex, sexual orientation, and more.

What type of thing is sexual ethics? Sexual ethics can be described as all of the following:

A branch of philosophy – A branch of ethics – A branch of philosophy of sex – part of applied philosophy studying sex and love. It includes both ethics of phenomena such as prostitution, rape, sexual harassment, sexual identity, the age of consent, and homosexuality, and conceptual analysis of concepts such as "what is sex"?

History of sexual ethics History of human sexuality Sexual Revolution

Ethical issues involving sex Contraception; varieties of, technologies in Contraceptive security Unintended pregnancy Abortion Safe sex Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) Reproductive rights Genital modification and mutilation Circumcision Female genital mutilation (FGM) Adoption Family Incest Sexual harassment Sexual abuse—definitions of, statistics about, strategies for preventing, legal and moral questions about Rape and consent

Issues pertaining to age groups Child sexuality Child marriage Child pornography Child prostitution Adolescent sexuality: and all the other topics included on this list Adolescent sexuality in the United States Teenage pregnancy Sexuality in older age

Issues pertaining to love and sex Unrequited love Polyamory

Issues pertaining to religion and sex Religion and Sexuality Catholicism and sexuality Chastity Homosexuality and religion Tantrism Religious views on birth control Christian views on contraception

Sexual ethics concepts

Dating and marriage Marriage—how the love described above is or is not related to the permissibility or forbiddenness of sex; what kind of commitment it is that is central to marriage. Polygamy Polygyny Polyandry Extramarital sex Adultery Divorce Infidelity

Homosexuality Homosexuality

Gays and Gay sex Lesbians and Lesbian sex Bisexuals Transgender individuals and Transsexualism

Paraphilias Paraphilias List of paraphilias Fetishism Coprophilia Exhibitionism Necrophilia Pedophilia - sexual attraction to children. Zoophilia - sexual attraction to animals.

Sex acts Various sex methods BDSM Sexual positions Swinging Various combinations of people having sex Threesome Orgy Group sex Gang Bang Types of sex and sex-like acts Oral sex Anal sex Double penetration Coitus Kiss Masturbation—frequency of; techniques of

Sexual ethics publications

Books on sexual ethics Primoratz, Igor. Ethics and Sex. New York: Routledge, 1999.

See also Virginity Casual sex or "Hooking up"; one night stand Frequency of sex and cooperation between sexual partners Libido/sex drive, sexual desire, lust Sexism Feminism and sex: has influenced many aspects of (particularly western) cultural views about sex Gender roles Animal sexual behaviour, including masturbation and the majority of other topics on this list: the implications for the obligatoriness, permissibility, or forbiddenness of such behaviors in humans Sodomy Indecent exposure Pornography

References

External links

Bertrand Russell. Our Sexual Ethics, 1936 Janet Smith. Natural Law and Sexual Ethics Philosophy of sexuality. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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In the classroom: Outline of sexual ethics is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Outlines, Outlines of philosophy topics, Philosophy of sexuality, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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