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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

I. SEX FANTASY: MORAL DIMENSIONS 9-46

1. Psychological Considerations

2. Moral Reflections

3. Pastoral Conclusions

II. SEX PLEASURE: ETHICAL ISSUES 47-128

1. Critique of Sexual Hedonism

2. Inadequacy of Traditional Doctrine

Lightness of Matter in the Domain of Sex Sex and Marriage Sex and Procreation

Religious Dimension of Sexual Pleasure ‘ Relational Dimension of Sexual Pleasure Reproductive Dimension of Sexual Pleasure Recreational Dimension of Sexual Pleasure Primacy of Religious and Relational Dimensions

Sexual Pleasure as Criterion of Chastity

3. Towards a Better Theory