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Publication Date: 2022-Oct
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Teaching Good Sex: The Limits of Consent and the Role of the Virtues
Journal of Philosophy of Education, v56 n5 p645-653 Oct 2022
I offer an account of sexual ethics, and thus of an education in sexual morality, that tries to make some sense of how a view of consent as central to those ethics might be combined with an education in certain virtues. I do so by exploring what some see as the shortcomings of a standard of consent, namely, how it can deal with instances of prima facie bad sex. I consider and reject various attempts to show that consensuality is sufficient for morally good sex. I then show how a needed supplement to the standard of consent can appeal to a broader view of why consent matters. This in turn connects to those personal and interpersonal virtues that the 2019 Department of Education guidance on relationships and sex education suggests should be taught. Finally, I provide an account of why more than consensuality is needed in the case of sex. In short, I insist on the critical importance of consent but supplement the standard of consent by an appeal to why consent matters and does so especially in the case of sex.
Descriptors: Ethics, Sexuality, Moral Values, Interpersonal Relationship, Guidance, Sex Education, Public Agencies, Standards, Teaching Methods
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Language: English
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