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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Other Authors: Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam : Rodopi. ©2011.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 230.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

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Impotence > Social aspects.
Sex (Psychology)
Sldenafil.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Bioethics.

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Call Number: RC889 .P456 2011eb

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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.