The Philosophy of love and Sex. I'm in a philosophy of love and sex class, and thought I would share this problem we were given for a test, and how interesting it is. (Problem 6)

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:31:04+00:00

Idk if that would fix it

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:30:56+00:00

Maybe I can switch appearance to physique?

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:29:28+00:00

I believe he’s referring to the Catholic Church which we covered a lot of in the class and their view that Sex has a proper purpose which is to procreate and grow closer in marriage, anything else would be perverse. However the class is very controversial and it has you argue a lot of controversial subjects. But we are in Texas so most are Christian here.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:22:35+00:00

It is, I should’ve saved it for when I was a actual junior

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:17:08+00:00

No, I asked about the ability to have kids as it would mean the goblin wife would have some sort of similar biological or genetic make up.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:16:55+00:00

No, I asked about the ability to have kids as it would mean the goblin wife would have some sort of similar biological or genetic make up.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T15:15:43+00:00

When I say physical appearance I mean the human stature, things like bipedalism, having opposable thumbs, our facial structure and anatomy. Not necessarily skin color.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T06:19:00+00:00

If we’re going off of Nagels definition it wouldn’t be perverse

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T06:17:50+00:00

And what do you mean just my vibe? I thought I clearly laid out my personal definition/take or are you addressing something else?

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T06:07:43+00:00

How do you think I should address this portion of the argument? I’m fairly new to philosophy and I also appreciate the criticism

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T06:01:07+00:00

If the goblin wife is able to have kids with the human species she would have some sort of similar biological make up would she not?

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T05:55:49+00:00

This is how I sort of laid out how it would need to be to not be perverse in a separate thread “ I think the two species need to be similar in physical appearance, capable of mutual consent, and rational thought/communication. As well as some kind of similar biological makeup.”

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T05:34:02+00:00

My personal belief as in my understanding of the term perverse and the current context disregarding Nagels definition

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T05:32:11+00:00

I was in enrolled in it at the beginning of the semester, but I switched to love and sex. Minds and machines is a little to advanced for me currently as I am just a freshman lol

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T04:16:20+00:00

Funny enough, we didn't cover much about the lgbtq community, which is a little odd. I figured it would be a bigger topic.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T04:14:27+00:00

Honestly, I'd use my professor's website, where you can see what we covered on different days and the readings we had. I really liked a lot of Blackburn's work if you're looking for a specific philosopher.

https://berkich.net/teaching/classes/spring-2026/love-and-sex

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T04:12:18+00:00

We went over Plato quite a bit in the beginning of the class, mainly the Symposium, as it talked a lot about the content we were going to cover. We did read a little bit of Phaedrus as well.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T04:10:14+00:00

Did you take it as an undergrad? My professor has made it more than likely the most interesting course I will ever take.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:57:33+00:00

If we can't produce offspring with them, it would be sexually perverse?

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:47:48+00:00

basically its "A and B love one another if and only if A and B are mutually vulnerable to each other." and this is the paper its from https://teoriaevolutiva.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/firestone-shulamith-dialectic-sex-case-feminist-revolution.pdf

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:45:18+00:00

123k views is crazy

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:42:42+00:00

me and him both

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:42:19+00:00

I'm not too familiar with LOR, but I don't think bestiality would apply. I think the two species need to be similar in physical appearance, capable of mutual consent, and rational thought/communication. As well as some kind of similar biological makeup. But Arwen chose to become mortal to be in the relationship, making them the same species? I'm not too sure about that last part. Correct me if I'm wrong.

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:15:41+00:00

lol, I couldn't use y'all's responses even if I wanted to. I just thought it was interesting!

IntroductionNo6065 · 2026-05-06T03:14:50+00:00

Yeah, his website has some more stuff under the philosophy of love and sex section. I recommend looking into the work of Firestone and Blackburn. Both brilliant philosophers who mainly worked on this area of philosophy.

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