This book provides an introduction to philosophical treatments of pornography. It considers relevant debates in ethics, aesthetics, feminist philosophy, political philosophy, epistemology, and social ontology thus offering a comprehensive examination of the topic. While offering an introduction, the book also puts forward substantive philosophical views on pornography.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: What is Pornography?


• Chapter 2. Subordination: Causal and Constitutive


• Chapter 3. Does Pornography Silence Women?


• Chapter 4. Free, Regulated or Prohibited Speech?


• Chapter 5. Pornographic Knowledge and Sexual Objectification


• Chapter 6. The Aesthetics of Pornography


• Chapter 7. Pornography as Liberation


• Chapter 8. What is Pornography Revisited


• Bibliography

Mari Mikkola is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. She works mainly on feminist philosophy, and specifically on feminist metaphysics, gender, and pornography. In addition, she has research interests in social ontology, broadly conceived.