Tue, Nov 12 at 7:30 p.m. | 90 minutes
In this Olio, we will explore different arguments and moral feelings that have been conveyed by philosophers around the topic of prostitution.
In this Olio, we will explore different arguments that have been conveyed by philosophers both in favor of an abolitionist view, and in favor of a legalizing and/or decriminalizing view, while trying to closely explore our moral feelings about the commodification of sex.
*This Olio will take place in a Prospect Height's Living Room. Address will be sent upon RSVP*
After studying in Bordeaux, Berlin, and Paris, Jeanne Proust has been teaching Philosophy, Art History and French Literature for the last 10 years in the US. her research has focused on the pathologies of the willpower, both in philosophical and psychological perspectives, but her interests are wide: among many fields, she does research in Ethics, Philosophy of Technologies and Aesthetics.
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