Philosophy Essay:

Word Count: 1500 words (10% tolerance), including citations, excluding bibliography.

Topics (write on one of the following):

1. Why should/should not same-sex unions be legally recognised as marriages? (Answer with reference to two or more of New Natural Law Theory, Mohr, Primoratz, Calhoun or Card)
2. What makes an activity, desire or pleasure sexual? (Answer with reference to two or more of Goldman, Morgan, Nagel or Halwani)
3. What, if anything, makes an act, desire, or person sexually perverted? (Answer with reference to two or more of Nagel, Goldman, Halwani or Miller)
4. What is sexual objectification? Under what circumstances (if any) might it be morally permissible? (Answer with reference to two or more of Nussbaum, Langton or Halwani.)
5. Should sex work be legal? Answer with reference to at least two competing moral/political viewpoints (e.g. liberal, Marxist, radical feminist, consequentialist, virtue ethicist, Kantian) on the topic.
6. Is sex work simply another form of work? Why/why not? Answer with reference to at least two competing viewpoints (e.g. liberal, Marxist, radical feminist) on the topic.
7. Is masturbation morally permissible? Answer with reference to at least two competing moral viewpoints (e.g. Natural Law, consequentialist, virtue ethicist, Kantian) on the topic.
8. Is it morally permissible to watch or produce pornography? Answer with reference to at least two competing moral/political viewpoints (e.g. liberal, radical feminist, consequentialist, virtue ethicist, Kantian) on the topic.

Instructions

• You must utilise at least three sources (preferably more).

Referencing is Deakin Harvard.