Porn Revisited

In this paper I will revisit the debate over pornography by doing three things: (a) I will suggest a more sophisticated, two‐dimensional set of distinctions between positons in the debate; (b) I will then go on to attack both libertarians and the group I call “repressive feminists”; and (c) I will c...

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Published in:	Journal of social philosophy Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 77 - 86
Main Author:	Mann, Doug
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-03-1997 Blackwell
Subjects:	Philosophy Theory of values and moral philosophy Theory of values and moral philosophy. Philosophy of action Social Conservatism Freedom of Speech Atomism Censorship Pornography Hume (D.) Feminism Sexuality Democracy Politics Community Liking Liberalism
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Summary:	In this paper I will revisit the debate over pornography by doing three things: (a) I will suggest a more sophisticated, two‐dimensional set of distinctions between positons in the debate; (b) I will then go on to attack both libertarians and the group I call “repressive feminists”; and (c) I will conclude by suggesting that by means of Hume's theory of sympathy we could support a limited form of censorship to bring women more fully into our moral and political community. I turn first to the labors of definition.
Bibliography:	istex:4B3378EE8836B4D325D9F3560F5DD5E2B5559F2D ark:/67375/WNG-PQ3FZW92-6 ArticleID:JOSP77
ISSN:	0047-2786 1467-9833
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9833.1997.tb00364.x