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Ronald F. White, Ph.d. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

Pornography. Ronald F. White, Ph.d. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph. Introduction. Newport in the 1970s Janet Jackson. What is Pornography?. Pornography as Speech Pornography as Art Aesthetic Expression Pornography as Business

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Ronald F. White, Ph.d. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

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  1. Pornography Ronald F. White, Ph.d. Professor of Philosophy College of Mount St. Joseph

  2. Introduction • Newport in the 1970s • Janet Jackson

  3. What is Pornography? • Pornography as Speech • Pornography as Art • Aesthetic Expression • Pornography as Business • Sex Industry: Strippers, Dancers, Bars, Stores, Video Stores, Internet Sites, • Kinds of Pornographic Delivery • Pictures • Drawings, paintings, photography • Literature • Plays • Movies • Video • X-rated movie houses • Cable TV • VHS and DVD • Internet

  4. Evolutionary Psychology • Pleistocene Roots • Males • Visual Stimulation • Variety Seeking • The “Coolidge Effect” • Females • Imaginative Stimulation • Security Seeking • http://inside.msj.edu/academics/faculty/whiter/sexchart.htm

  5. Pornograpic Acts • Genitalia • Sex Acts • Sexual Intercourse • Masturbation • Homosexuality • Sadomachism • Fetishism (foot, cross dressing etc.) • Sodomy • Child Pornography • Beastiality • Necrophilia • Violent Acts • Snuff Films

  6. Moral Principles • Liberty • Harm to Self • Harm to Others • Categorical Imperative • Offence Principle • Legal Moralism (Harmless Immoralities) • Discrimination and Exploitation- • Women • Children • Poor

  7. Moral Perspectives • Morality vs. Legality • Relativism: There are no universal moral standards. • Historical Relativism • Cultural Relativism • International Standards • National Standards • Local Standards • Individual Standards • Universalism: There are at least some universal moral standards. • Extreme Conservative: • Roman Catholic Natural Law • Perversion • Fornication • Kantian • Categorical Imperative • Extreme Liberal (Libertarian) • Harm Principle • Moderate Views • Utilitarianism

  8. Arguments Against and In Favor • Arguments Against: • Dignity of Human Body • Discrimination Against Women and Children • Exploitation of Women and Children • Harm to Women and Children • Harm to Institution of Marriage • Utility (Harm to the Community) • Moral • Economic • Public Health • Arguments In Favor • Liberty • Buyers and sellers • Free Market • Utilitarian • Religious Freedom • Economic Arguments • Black Market Effect

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