PR Newswire: “The Witherspoon Institute released today “The Social Costs of Pornography: A Statement of Findings and Recommendations.’ The consultation was the first multifaceted, multidisciplinary, scholarly exploration of pornography since the advent of the Internet. The proceedings, research and recommendations are available in booklet form and as a two-DVD set of the actual two-day meeting that assembled leading experts in several fields, including economics, psychology, sociology, and law to present a rigorously argued overview of pornography in today’s society.”
The Social Costs of Pornography
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Via the Community Defense Counsel:
The Social Costs of Pornography
A Consultation of the Social Costs of Pornography Project
Princeton University | December 11 – 13, 2008
The consultation on “The Social Costs of Pornography was organized by the Witherspoon Institute in conjunction with the Institute for the Psychological Sciences in Washington, DC and held at Princeton University, December 11 – 13, 2008. The consultation was hosted by Robert P. George, Senior Fellow of the Witherspoon Institute and McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University. This meeting assembled leading experts in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, neurophysiology, philosophy, sociology, law, and political theory to present a rigorously argued overview of the problem of pornography in our society and to make recommendations. The primary purpose of the meeting was to examine the real nature of pornography in its moral and social consequences.
Pornography: Settling the Question, Hadley Arkes
On the Abuse of Sex, Roger Scruton
From Pornography to Porno to Porn, Pamela Paul
Acquiring Pornographic Tastes, Norman Doidge, MD
The Impact of Pornography on Women, Jill Manning
Pornography’s Effects on Interpersonal Relationships, Ana Bridges
The Economics of Pornography, Kirk Doran
Moral Principles Which Govern the Legal Regulation of Pornography, Gerard V. Bradley
Freedom. Virtue, and the Politics of Regulating Pornography, James Stoner
Climbing Mt. Purgatorio: Reflections from the Seventh Cornice, Hamza Yusuf
