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Single Idea 20887
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality
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Full Idea
In a rape a person is used without proper regard for her personhood - but this is true of every kind of assault.
Gist of Idea
A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault
Source
Pamela Foa (What's Wrong with Rape? [1977], 1)
Book Ref
'Ethics in Practice (2nd Ed)', ed/tr. LaFollette,Hugh [Blackwell 2002], p.213
A Reaction
This is a good step towards her attempt to pin down what is specifically wrong with rape, which strikes me as an extremely important question, and not merely in order to justify punishments.
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5846
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A lover using force is a villain, but a seducer is much worse, because he corrupts character
[Socrates, by Xenophon]
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298
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While sex is very pleasant, it should be in secret, as it looks contemptible
[Plato]
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1479
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Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little
[Plutarch]
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6212
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Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others
[Hobbes]
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21467
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Would humanity still exist if sex wasn't both desired and pleasurable?
[Schopenhauer]
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18302
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Man and woman are deeply strange to one another!
[Nietzsche]
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19639
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We all need sexual secrets!
[Cioran]
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20890
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Why do sexual relationships need permanence, if other relationships don't?
[Punzo]
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20891
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Does engaging in sexual intercourse really need no more thought than playing tennis?
[Punzo]
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20888
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Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent
[Foa]
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20887
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A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault
[Foa]
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20889
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If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model
[Foa]
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23113
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Sexual morality doesn't require monogamy, but it needs a group of sensible regulations
[Kekes]
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18554
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Prostitution is wrong because it hardens the soul, since soul and body are one
[Scruton]
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