Research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Arlington Va., and a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University
September 22 lecture (19 mb, mp3 file)
What is sexual desire, and how is it related to personal love? What happens when sex is divorced from love, and what changes when it is attached to a virtual object, as in pornography?
ROGER SCRUTON has written on most major topics in philosophy; his published works range from academic philosophy, specialising in aesthetics, to fiction and political and cultural commentary. His books include The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat, The Aesthetic Understanding: Essays in the Philosophy of Art and Culture, and Modern Culture.
Scruton earned his Ph.D. at Cambridge, writing his thesis on aesthetics.
His public speaking has included a 1997 London debate against the authors Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and A. C. Grayling in London on the topic Are We Better Off Without Religion? (Scruton was joined by two other proponents of relgion; a recording of the debate is available here.) Other details about Scruton's work are here.
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