McKeever, N orcid.org/0000-0002-0799-1623 (2020) Why, and to What Extent, Is Sexual Infidelity Wrong? Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 101 (3). pp. 515-537. ISSN 0279-0750
Abstract
Sexual infidelity is widespread, but it is also widely condemned, yet relatively little philosophical work has been done on what makes it wrong and how wrong it is. In this paper, I argue that sexual infidelity is wrong if it involves breaking a commitment to be sexually exclusive, which has special significance in the relationship. However, it is not necessarily worse than other kinds of infidelity, and the context in which it takes place ought to be considered. I finish the paper by looking at how the hegemonic norm of monogamy makes infidelity both more likely and more difficult to deal with.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Authors. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly published by University of Southern California and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2020 12:25 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/papq.12316 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:158171 |