| Sex and Reason Revised Edition Contributor(s): Posner, Richard A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674802802 ISBN-13: 9780674802803 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $51.48 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: Posner's rational choice theory is the first comprehensive approach to sexuality and its social controls. Drawing on the fields of biology, law, history, religion, and economics, this sweeping study examines societies from ancient Greece to today's Sweden and issues from incest taboos and date rape to gay marriage and Baby M. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Law |
| Dewey: 306.7 |
| Lexile Measure: 1610 |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 6.36" W x 9.19" (1.47 lbs) 468 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Sexual drives are rooted in biology, but we don't act on them blindly. Indeed, as the eminently readable judge and legal scholar Richard Posner shows, we make quite rational choices about sex, based on the costs and benefits perceived. Drawing on the fields of biology, law, history, religion, and economics, this sweeping study examines societies from ancient Greece to today's Sweden and issues from masturbation, incest taboos, date rape, and gay marriage to Baby M. The first comprehensive approach to sexuality and its social controls, Posner's rational choice theory surprises, explains, predicts, and totally absorbs. |
Contributor Bio(s): Posner, Richard A.: - Richard A. Posner retired as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. He is a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. |