| Title |
Adult–Child Sex and the Limits of Liberal Sexual Morality
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, February 2015
|
| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-014-0442-8 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Agustin Malón |
| Abstract |
This article is a critical review of the most common arguments in the specialized literature about the moral status of sexual relationships between adults and prepubescent children. The intent is to reveal how the usual ethical analysis of these experiences, done from a general sexual morality, with a Kantian and utilitarian basis, very clearly shows us the limits and contradictions of contemporary liberal morality regarding sexual matters. It leaves open the possibility that, under certain circumstances, these relationships may be morally admissible. Some shortcomings and contradictions in these liberal arguments suggest that it would be of interest to refer to other authors and ideas to value adult-child sex, approaches that are based on a specific sexual morality concerning the issue of sexual virtues and a more complex conception of human sexual desire. Some of the scientific implications of these moral issues are also discussed. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 3 | 23% |
| Japan | 2 | 15% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 7 | 54% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 12 | 92% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 10 | 21% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 21% |
| Researcher | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 11 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 15 | 32% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 13% |
| Unspecified | 3 | 6% |
| Philosophy | 3 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 11% |
| Unknown | 12 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 October 2022.
All research outputs
#3,415,054
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#1,405
of 3,737 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#48,049
of 368,290 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Archives of Sexual Behavior
#29
of 55 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,373,627 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 86th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,737 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 33.2. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 62% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 368,290 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 86% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 55 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one is in the 49th percentile – i.e., 49% of its contemporaries scored the same or lower than it.