Month: November 2008

  • Book Overview and Status

    Chapter 1: Human Ethics and Happiness (Complete!) 1. Ethics and Life (Complete!) 2. Eudaimonistic Ethics (Complete!) Chapter 2: Emotions (In Progress) 1. The Nature and Development of Emotions (In Progress) 2. Love 3. Happiness as Emotion? 4. The Passionate Life Chapter 3: Relationships 1. Kinds of Love 2. Friendship 3. Romantic Relationships 4. Friendship v.…

  • Query Letter #2

    Dear [Mr. Agent], Ethics, Sex, Happiness. What do these concepts have to do with each other? Everything. The purpose of my new book, Sexual Perfection: Foundations of a New Sexual Ethic, is to show how these concepts are intimately related: to show why it is not only morally permissible, but morally necessary, to integrate sex…

  • Query Letter #1

    Dear [Mr. Agent], Everyone today seems to be searching for happiness, but few are able to find it. There are numerous books published on the subject, lectures addressed to full audiences, workshops and seminars designed to show one how to be happy; and a burgeoning sense that the happiness they seek is either illusory or…

  • Themes of Sexual Perfection

    Overarching Theme Sex is necessary for Happiness Chapter 1: Human Ethics and Happiness The Purpose of Ethics is Happiness and this requires Sex. Chapter 2: Emotions Emotions are reasonable and can be harnessed to improve our lives. Chapter 3: Relationships A good friend is necessary, but a good lover is better. Chapter 4: Erotic Attraction…

  • Another Reason I Hate Ohio

    by Jason Stotts Recently in Newark Ohio, a 15 year old girl was charged with a felony. Her crime? She took nudes photos of herself. (link) In this case, the State of Ohio, in its beneficence, will be representing the victim: that is, the girl who victimized herself, when she took nude pictures of herself.…