The Ethics of Sex and Alzheimer's

ISBN-13: 9780415641647 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 214 str.

John Portmann

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

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).