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The philosophy of Viagra : bioethical responses to the Viagrification of the modern world /

The impotency remedy Viagra is the fastest selling drug in history. It has grown beyond being simply a medical phenomenon, but has achieved the status of cultural icon, appearing on television as a pretext for jokes or even as a murder weapon. Viagra has socio-cultural implications that are not limi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Rodopi, ©2011.
Colección:Value inquiry book series ; v. 230.
Value inquiry book series. Philosophy of sex and love.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The impotency remedy Viagra is the fastest selling drug in history. It has grown beyond being simply a medical phenomenon, but has achieved the status of cultural icon, appearing on television as a pretext for jokes or even as a murder weapon. Viagra has socio-cultural implications that are not limited to sexuality. The Philosophy of Viagra offers a unique perspective as it examines the phenomenon of Viagra through ideas derived from more than two thousand years of philosophical reasoning. In philosophy, Eros has always had a central position. Since Plato, philosophy has held that desire is no.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vi, 227 pages).
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789401200363
940120036X