The ethics of sexual objectification: Autonomy and consent

被引:13
|
作者
Marino, Patricia [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Philosophy, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
来源
INQUIRY-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY | 2008年 / 51卷 / 04期
关键词
D O I
10.1080/00201740802166643
中图分类号
B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
学科分类号
摘要
It is now a platitude that sexual objectification is wrong. As is often pointed out, however, some objectification seems morally permissible and even quite appealing-as when lovers are so inflamed by passion that they temporarily fail to attend to the complexity and humanity of their partners. Some, such as Nussbaum, have argued that what renders objectification benign is the right sort of relationship between the participants; symmetry, mutuality, and intimacy render objectification less troubling. On this line of thought, pornography, prostitution, and some kinds of casual sex are inherently morally suspect. I argue against this view: what matters is simply respect for autonomy, and whether the objectification is consensual. Intimacy, I explain, can make objectification more morally worrisome rather than less, and symmetry and mutuality are not relevant. The proper political and social context, however, is crucial, since only in its presence can consent be genuine. I defend the consent account against the objection that there is something paradoxical in consenting to objectification, and I conclude that given the right background conditions, there is nothing wrong with anonymous, one-sided, or just-for-pleasure kinds of sexual objectification.
引用
收藏
页码:345 / 364
页数:20
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] THE ETHICS OF MANAGING AFFECTIVE AND EMOTIONAL STATES TO IMPROVE INFORMED CONSENT: AUTONOMY, COMPREHENSION, AND VOLUNTARINESS
    Braude, Hillel
    Kimmelman, Jonathan
    BIOETHICS, 2012, 26 (03) : 149 - 156
  • [22] NONINFORMED CONSENT AND AUTONOMY
    Entwistle, John W. C., III
    ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY, 2019, 108 (06): : 1610 - 1610
  • [23] Autonomy, Consent and the Law
    Heywood, Rob
    MEDICAL LAW REVIEW, 2011, 19 (01) : 150 - 155
  • [24] Sexual objectification as a predictor of sexual risk tolerance
    Drake, Hunter Paul
    Chenneville, Tiffany
    Rodriguez, Lindsey
    Suite, Brianna
    Onufrak, James
    JOURNAL OF GAY & LESBIAN SOCIAL SERVICES, 2021, 33 (03) : 273 - 290
  • [25] BUSTING THE MYTH OF SEXUAL OBJECTIFICATION
    Paalanen, Tommi
    JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE, 2015, 12 : 325 - 325
  • [26] Sexual ethics, marriage, and sexual autonomy: the landscapes for Muslimat and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Muslims
    Shannahan, Deryla Sara
    CONTEMPORARY ISLAM-DYNAMICS OF MUSLIM LIFE, 2009, 3 (01): : 59 - 78
  • [27] The ethics of consent
    Cambon-Thomsen, A
    de la Dorie, AD
    BIOFUTUR, 1999, (188) : 28 - 30
  • [28] The Effect of Sexual Objectification on Dishonesty
    Poon, Kai-Tak
    Lai, Hill-Son
    Chan, Rheal S. W.
    ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, 2023, 52 (04) : 1617 - 1629
  • [29] The Ethics of Consent
    Berg, Jessica
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS, 2010, 10 (07): : 71 - 72
  • [30] ETHICS AND CONSENT
    MARTIN, BA
    CONVULSIVE THERAPY, 1993, 9 (02): : 131 - 133