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Apr 06, 2026
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PHIL 324 - Philosophy and Sex
Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-3; Diversity
Philosophical examination of conceptual and ethical issues raised by sexuality and sexual love. Emphasis will include the LGBT community, women, and other historically oppressed groups. Topics include love and sexuality, promiscuity, prostitution, adultery, polyamory, sexual harassment, pornography, and same-sex marriage.
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-3 - Upper Division Arts or Humanities, Overlay - Diversity
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area 3 requirements (lower division Area C requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Online-Asynchronous or Online-Synchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- know the key features of the theories of the nature of human sexuality in philosophy, especially in feminist philosophy and gender theories
- know core arguments for each view and the key objections according to the different philosophical theories covered in the semester and ways in which these relate to personal beliefs
- know the themes in the ethics of sexual behaviour discussed throughout the semester (such as monogamy, gender fluidity, kink, and paedophilia).
- know how to relate sexual issues to other relevant areas of philosophy.
GE-UD-3. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply principles, methodologies, values systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities.
- Analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human.
- Demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts or humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.
Diversity Overlay Learning Outcomes
- Describe the histories, experiences or views of one or more cultural groups.
- Analyze the overlap or intersection of social identities of oneself and/or other cultural groups (e.g., culture, gender, class, sexuality, religion, disability, immigration status, and/or age).
- Examine the impact of their own identity on their experiences with and/or views of other cultural groups.
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