The Ethics of Sex and Alzheimer's

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-415-64164-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Husbands and wives owe each other sexual intercourse: Jewish and Christian theologians have cultivated this expectation. What happens to a traditional marriage when Alzheimer’s disease frustrates this expectation? This book argues for sexual generosity, an attitude rooted in a wish for the beloved’s happiness and romantic fulfillment beyond the marriage. A broader view of fidelity can strengthen marriage in the age of Alzheimer's.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Portmann, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Leben & Brauch, Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Sexualpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; Chapter 1 Sexual Entitlement; Chapter 2 Selflessness; Chapter 3 Sex with Strangers; Chapter 4 Senior Sex and Disgust; Chapter 5 Desertion; Chapter 6 The Sexually Deprived in American Prisons; Chapter 7 Film and Fiction as Moral Cues; Chapter 8 Sexual Generosity;

Über Autor(innen)

John Portmann is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia. He studied philosophy at Yale and Cambridge Universities. He is the author of When Bad Things Happen to Other People (2000), Sex and Heaven (2003), and A History of Sin (2007).