The philosophy of Viagra : bioethical responses to the Viagrification of the modern world

The philosophy of Viagra bioethical responses to the Viagrification of the modern world

The impotency remedy Viagra is the fastest selling drug in history. It has grown beyond being simply a medical phenomenon, but has achieved the status of cultural icon, appearing on television as a pretext for jokes or even as a murder weapon. Viagra has socio-cultural implications that are not limi...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi c2011.
Edition:1st ed
Series:Value inquiry book series ; v. 230.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of sex and love.
Subjects:
Impotence > Social aspects.
Sex (Psychology)
Sldenafil.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Bioethics.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798079906719
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • VIAGRA, LIFESTYLE, AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVE / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
  • EROS, VIAGRA, AND THE GOOD LIFE: REFLECTIONS ON CEPHALUS AND PLATONIC MODERATION / Sophie Bourgault
  • DIOGENES OF SINOPE GETS HARD ON VIAGRA / Robert Vuckovich
  • A QUESTION OF VIRTUOUS SEX: WOULD ARISTOTLE TAKE VIAGRA? / Thomas Kapper
  • MAN’S FALLEN STATE: ST. AUGUSTINE ON VIAGRA / Kevin Guilfoy
  • VIAGRA AND THE UTOPIA OF IMMORTALITY / Robert Redeker
  • ENHANCING DESIRE PHILOSOPHICALLY: FEMINISM, VIAGRA, AND THE BIOPOLITICS OF THE FUTURE / Connie C. Price
  • RED PILL OR BLUE PILL? VIAGRA AND THE VIRTUAL / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
  • VIRILITY, VIAGRA, AND VIRTUE: RE-READING HUMANE VITAE IN AN AFRICAN LIGHT / Anthony Okeregbe
  • ERECTING NEW GOALS FOR MEDICINE: VIAGRA AND MEDICALIZATION / Dónal O’Mathúna
  • DESIRE AND ITS MYSTERIES: ERECTILE STIMULATORS BETWEEN THIGHS AND SELVES / Claude-Raphaël Samama
  • AMERICA AND VIAGRA OR HOW THE WHITE NEGRO BECAME A LITTLE WHITER: VIAGRA AS AN AFRO-DISIAC / Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
  • DAVID HUME MEETS VIAGRA: THE MISUSE OF THE SCIENCE OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION / Herbert Roseman
  • A SHORT NOTE ON VIAGRA AND THANATOS / Herbert Roseman
  • COMPARATIVE MELIORATION AND PATHOLOGICAL PATHOGENIZATION IN VIAGRA MARKETING / Roman Meinhold
  • ERECTUS INTERRUPTUS: ALL ERECTIONS ARE NOT EQUAL / Bassam Romaya
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • INDEX
  • VIBS.

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