Erosophia

Category: Philosophy

  • About Erosophia

    by Jason Stotts tl:dr version: Erosophia is dedicated to understanding sex from a philosophical perspective. I want to create a new field of philosophy called “sexual ethics.” I think sexual ethics must rely on a eudaimonistic framework whose goal is the long-term living well of the individual. I don’t talk much about my meta-goals here…

  • On Threesomes

    by Jason Stotts I’ve written about having sex with more than one partner before, which I call polysexuality  (or non-monogamy), and I think I’ve covered it pretty thoroughly.  However, recently a friend of mine was asking me about threesomes and I realized that this discussion was very abstract and while it dealt with the same…

  • Announcement: New Objectivist Educational Organization

    by Jason Stotts My friend Marc Baer asked me to post an announcement of a new organization he is starting with Bach Ho.  I am doing so here purely for informational reasons and not as an endorsement: I have not read all of their claims yet or had a chance to evaluate them.  On the…

  • Illinois One Step Closer to Same-Sex Marriage

    by Jason Stotts As a special Valentine’s Day present, the Illinois Senate today passed a bill to make same-sex marriage legal in Illinois: Under the measure, marriage officially would be changed in state law from an act between a man and a woman to two people. The legislation explicitly says nothing in the proposed law…

  • Study Finds Male Genital Mutilation Still a Terrible Idea

    by Jason Stotts A new study from Belgium has, again, found that male genital mutilation (circumcision) is still a terrible idea: Male circumcision decreases penile sensitivity as measured in a large cohort. Conclusions: This study confirms the importance of the foreskin for penile sensitivity, overall sexual satisfaction, and penile functioning. Furthermore, this study shows that…

  • Freedom and Tragedy: The Story of Les Miserables

    by Jason Stotts Note: this essay primarily deals with the story of Les Miserables as portrayed in the musical (and consequently film) version, but draws from the book to fill in the gaps in the story.  If you have not seen the film or read the book, you should wait to read this essay until…

  • Atheism on the Move

    by Jason Stotts Apparently during the Super Bowl (I say apparently because I don’t care about sports and didn’t watch it) there was a commercial for Atheism: [UPDATE – apparently this was a video for scientology (another nonsense religon) that someone edited to be for atheism.] I think it’s great that religion is losing it’s…

  • Radically Candid Interview

    by Jason Stotts I was recently interviewed by the Radically Candid Podcast team on all sorts of topics in sexuality.  If you’re looking for a no-holds-barred, uncensored, whirlwind tour of my sexual theory, this is the interview for you! (LINK) Radically Candid scrapes dangerously close to legitimacy as we welcome Jason Stotts, philosopher and blogger at Erosophia,…