Alexander Pruss's Blog

Consider three ethical claims about sexuality: Rape is always wrong. Incest is always wrong. Bestiality is always wrong. Take these cl...

Consider the thesis that consent is the only norm of sexual activity. Of course, this does not imply the crazy claim that every consensual s...

Some types of wrongdoing vary in degree of seriousness from minor to grave. Stealing a dollar from a billionaire is trivially wrong while st...

The following seem to be true: It is never permissible for the state to force on a non-consenting innocent patient medical procedures very l...

Here are some facts about sex and consent. Without valid consent, sex is always seriously wrong. Merely proxy consent for sex (say, by pare...

Rape isn't just wrong, but it is historically among the handful of the very worst types of crimes, sharing that unhappy position with mu...

Thesis: It is wrong to intentionally attempt to sexually excite another person without the other's consent. I will argue for th...