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OCR Specification Sexual Ethics
We are required to apply Natural Law, Kantian ethics, Utilitarianism (both act and rule) and Situation ethics to three areas (sex…
Exam Questions OCR new spec
Here are some possible future exam questions on sexual ethics. Remember to practise applying any of the four major ethical theories…
Handout: Sexual Ethics Jonathan Rowe
SEXUAL ETHICS Jonathan Rowe An ethical dilemma is a situation where, however you react, you seem to be doing the wrong…
Sexual Ethics Summary
A Summary: Sexual Ethics You should be able to outline the debate surrounding a number of key issues. These should include…
Video: Tea and Consent
This Metropolitan Police Video encourages students to take the principle of consent seriously by likening consent to making a cup of…
Starter Activity A letter from a woman subjected to sexual violence
This powerful letter was written by a woman subjected to an attempted rape. I found it a moving way to expose…
Case Study 1864 Contagious Diseases Act and Exploitation of Women
The 1864 Contagious Diseases act was supposed to limit the spread of venereal diseases among armed forces personnel. but instead of…
Essay: Natural Law is the best approach to sexual ethics. Discuss
Natural Law is the most reliable approach when making decisions about pre-marital sex. Discuss. I found this essay very interesting because…
Case Study Powerpoint: Homosexuality And Discrimination
In 2008 a gay couple in a civil partnership book in to a Cornish Bed & Breakfast run according to traditional…
EXERCISE: A Sexual Bill of Rights
The following Bill of Rights represents a rationalist approach to sexual ethics. Taking the Bill of Rights, either by giving different…
EXERCISE Sexual ethics and ethical theories
Print out the sheets on the link below for an excellent exercise bringing togetehr, Kant, Utilitariansm, and Virtue Ethics and relating…
ASSIGNMENT: Practise Kant on sexual ethics
Click on this link for a brilliant homework assignment testing your undertanding of how Kant’s categorical imperative might apply to issues…
Extract 1: Aquinas on pre-marital sex and adultery
Adultery and other kinds of act contrary to the good of marriage In this extract from Stanford encyclopaedia the author argues…
Extract 2:; Mill’s Essay on The Subjection of Women
CHAPTER 2 Essay on the subjection of women Mill was a passionate advocate of women’s rights, as equal partners in marriage…
Extract 3: Catholic teaching in Humanae Vitae
DOCTRINAL PRINCIPLES (Part II, paragraph numbers as original document) This extract from Humanae Vitae (of the life of humans) the Papl…
Extract 4: Kant and Utilitarianism, Alan Goldman Plain Sex
Notes on Alan Goldman’s “Plain Sex” Two Lessons about Ethical Thinking (1) Many ethical disagreements hinge upon disagreements about facts, not…
Extract 5: Adultery – A Christian Perspective
source I wanted to discuss the ethics involved in sexual morality, specifically adultery and fornication. The issue is whether it is…
Extract 6: Adultery as Betrayal
source Partners in relationships should be explicit regarding their expectations and the promises they’re willing to make. As I’ve written before,…
Extract 7: Sexual Ethics – Four Models
Many philosophers have offered answers to the question of what sex means and how it should be viewed morally. Consider these…
Extract 8 Sexual Desire and Plato
In this extract from Roger Scruton’s Book, Sexual Desire (1986) the author argues that Plato has left us with a n…
Article Changing ideas of Female Sexuality
Here is an article offering a synopsis of Anna Clark’s book Female Sexuality published by Routledge (2005) https://www.routledgehandbooks.com/doi/10.4324/9780203969120.ch3 Female sexuality is…
Article: Judith Butler – Bodies that matter
Judith Butler (1956- ) has written extensively on sex and gender, for example, in her book Bodies that Matter (1993). JUDITH…
Article: the issues and the challenge around homosexuality
Follow this link trhough for an in depth tour of all the moral and practical issues surrounding homosexuality and same sex…
Article Sex in the Torah
Jewish Attitudes Towards Sexuality source – kosher sex In Jewish law, sex is not considered shameful, sinful or obscene. Sex is not…
Advanced Article: Bentham on sexual ethics
For Bentham’s views on a number of issues including prostitution, short term marriages and adultery click below: Jeremy Bentham on Love…
Workbook: Sexual Ethics
Workbook sexual ethics from Peped
CASE STUDY Gay couples and Christian B & Bs
Case study homosexuality from Peped
Weblinks – games and reading
Games For sicx games on sex and relationships (beat the examiner, throw the teacher, penalty shoot out, hoop shoot, walk the…
Summary: GRID: Sexual ethics
Sexual Ethics Roman Catholic Natural Law Church of England More situational Kant Apply categorical imperative (3 versions) Utilitarian…
