John Portmann

The Ethics of Sex and Alzheimer's

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780415641647
• ISBN-10: 0415641640
• Artikelnr.: 37085587

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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