Episode 277: The Merits of Buggery (Nagel's "Sexual Perversion")
Very Bad Wizards
The Complexity of Hunger and Sexual Desire
This chapter analyzes a passage from Nagel's essay on sexual perversion, exploring the psychological complexity of hunger and drawing parallels to sexual desire. The speakers question the relevance of Nagel's argument and discuss the concept of attraction, delving into the intricacies of desire and the limitations of substituting one object of desire for another.
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