8. Sexual Ethics: Evaluation of Mill's Utilitarianism

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  • 8. Sexual Ethics: Evaluation of Mill's Utilitarianism
    • Individual pleasure within common good
    • Higher and lower pleasures
    • General rules - universalised
    • Quality = context
    • Higher pleasure
      • Loving relationship because humans have the capacity t understand/bond unity (Xian, Church of England links)
    • Wouldn't allow ****, gang ****, promiscuity, causal sex
    • Positives
      • Long-term relationships
      • Marriage valued
      • Lack of  STDs
      • Same sex relationships
      • Emancipation of women
      • Moves away from immediacy of pleasure
    • Negatives
      • Can you universalise rules about sex - something very personal
        • Difficult to universalise
    • Overall evaluation of Utilitarianism (Bentham and Mill)
      • Relatable views of sex for modern day
        • Just because something is relatable to the modern day does that necessarily mean it is good?
      • Link Fletcher and Mill
      • Berkley and Fletcher

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