Advanced search
Publication Cover
Sex Education
Sexuality, Society and Learning
Volume 8, 2008 - Issue 2
Submit an article Journal homepage
405
Views
5
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Sex education and ideals

Doret J. de Ruyter Department of Theory and Research in Education, VU University, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
&
Ben Spiecker Department of Theory and Research in Education, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 201-210 | Published online: 18 Apr 2008

References

  • Archard , D. 1998 . Sexual consent , Boulder, CO : Westview Press .
  • Aristotle . 1985 . Nicomachean ethics , Indianapolis : Hacket Publishing . Trans. T. Irwin
  • Benn , P. 1999 . Is sex morally special? . Journal of Applied Philosophy , 16 ( 3 ) : 235 – 45 .
  • de Ruyter , D. J. 2003 . The importance of ideals in education. . Journal of Philosophy of Education , 37 ( 3 ) : 467 – 82 .
  • de Ruyter , D. J. 2007 . Ideals, education and happy flourishing. . Educational Theory , 57 ( 1 ) : 25 – 35 .
  • Goldman , A. 1977 . Plain sex. . Philosophy and Public Affairs , 6 : 267 – 87 .
  • Halstead , J. M. and Reiss , M. J. 2003 . Values in sex education. From principles to practice , London : Routledge .
  • Hare , R. M. 1963 . Freedom and reason , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
  • Primoratz , I. 1999 . Ethics and sex , London : Routledge .
  • Primoratz , I. 2001 . Sexual morality: Is consent enough? . Ethical Theory and Moral Practice , 4 : 201 – 18 .
  • Rescher , N. 1987 . Ethical idealism. An inquiry into the nature and function of ideals , Berkeley and Los Angeles : University of California Press .
  • Rorty , A. and Wong , D. 1993 . “ Aspects of identity and agency. ” . In Identity, character and morality. Essays in moral psychology , Edited by: Flanagan , O and Rorty , A . 19 – 36 . Cambridge, MA : MIT Press .
  • Soble , A. 1996 . Sexual investigations , New York : New York University Press .
  • Soble , A. 1998 . The philosophy of sex and love: An introduction , St Paul, MN : Paragon House .
  • Soble , A. 2006 . Sex from Plato to Paglia. A philosophical encyclopedia , Westport, CT : Greenwood Press .
  • Spiecker , B. 1992 . Sexual education and morality. . Journal of Moral Education , 21 ( 2 ) : 67 – 76 .
  • Spiecker , B. and Steutel , J. 2002 . Sex between people with ‘mental retardation’: An ethical evaluation. . Journal of Moral Education , 31 ( 2 ) : 155 – 69 .
  • Steutel , J. and Spiecker , B. 1997 . “ Good sex as the aim of sexual education. ” . In Philosophy of education 1996 , Edited by: Margonis , F . 400 – 7 . Urbana : University of Illinois .
  • Steutel , J. and Spiecker , B. 2004 . Sex education, state policy and the principle of consent. . Sex Education , 4 ( 1 ) : 49 – 62 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Related research

People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.

Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.

Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.