Sexual Ethics

Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age features essays from top experts in ethics and philosophy of love providing competing perspectives on the value of a contemporary secular virtue of chastity.

The virtue of chastity has traditionally been portrayed as a valuable excellence. Yet, for roughly the past half century chastity has been increasingly portrayed as an unnecessary ideal with few secular benefits. Instead, chastity is sometimes portrayed as an odd kind of religious asceticism. This volume's essays ask whether there are advantages to reconsidering a contemporary virtue of chastity. Such chastity offers partial solutions to problems in our current culture, including sweeping patterns of sexual harassment, the high divorce/relationship-failure rate, and widespread pornography use.

Sexual Ethics in a Secular Age will appeal to everyone who has a serious academic interest in addressing our current sexual culture.