Is the pleasure view of sexual desire committed to understanding sexual desire as mere appetite?
The intentional view is plausible in that sexual desire can be quite complex and that its complexity is not captured well (or at all) by the pleasure view, given that human mentality infuses our most basic urges and appetites
Perhaps not. For example, if X wants to masturbate, X is not being led by blind instinct like a cat in heat; X can be thinking, “I look forward to enjoying the sensations of rubbing my clitoris with my favorite vibrator as I fantasize about having sex with my neighbor. ” In other words, “sexual desire can be focused or selective at the same time as being physical” (Goldman 1977: 279).
One problem is the difficulty of defining “sexual pleasure” (see below), which this view needs to do to be complete
But whether the intentional view is at odds with the pleasure view depends on our goals. Sigue leyendo