The Deliberative Duty and Other Individual Antidiscrimination Duties in the Dating Sphere

Simone Sommer Degn*

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Abstract

What does morality require of individuals in their dating and sex life? In this article I challenge recent outlines of antidiscrimination duties in the dating sphere and present a plausible alternative: the deliberative duty. This duty avoids the risks and limitations of earlier outlines: it is time-sensitive regarding the malleability of intimate preferences, it avoids being too demanding on the duty-bearer and minimizes the risk of generating mere dutiful attraction behavior towards right-holders. In addition, it is better suited for universal action guidance in the dating sphere than earlier outlines of individual antidiscrimination duties.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMoral Philosophy and Politics
Volume11
Issue2
Pages (from-to)297-317
Number of pages21
ISSN2194-5616
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2024

Keywords

  • dating sphere
  • discrimination
  • individual duties
  • intimate
  • lookism
  • racism

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