McKeever, N orcid.org/0000-0002-0799-1623 (2022) Critiquing Consensual Adult Incest. In: Earp, BD, Chambers, C and Watson, L, (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality. Routledge , New York, USA , pp. 452-467. ISBN 9781138370678
Abstract
In this chapter, I argue that we can make sense of moral norms against consensual, adult incest by appealing to the value of familial relationships and the potential for sex to damage them. Viewing sex as unconscionable between family members helps to enable the loving intimacy normally associated with family relationships. Therefore, there is good reason for incest, even when consensual and between adults, to remain taboo. That being said, I argue that there is insufficient legal justification for all consensual, adult incest to be criminalised. I examine four potential arguments in favour of consensual, adult incest being illegal, and conclude that none of them succeeds in justifying a total legal prohibition against it.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality on 24 May 2022, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9781003286523. |
Keywords: | consensual adult incest; incest; philosophy of love; philosophy of sex |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2022 15:35 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2024 21:45 |
Published Version: | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.432... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9781003286523 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:185471 |