Presentation - Virtual Ethics

Topic: Virtual Ethics

Article: The Ethics of Pron on the Net – by Kath Albury


Perspectives on Pornography

a.) Immoral + NOT ethical

- Judeo-Christian
- Left-wing
 Marxist
 Feminist
- Feminist
 Andrea Dworkin

b.) Immoral + Ethical

- Kathy Albury
- Don Slater
- Michael Foucault



Emergence of Porn on the net

Porno Communities formed
- no restrictions on the spread pornography
- invade our most private space
- Don Slater’s view
- Internet porn is formed in the virtual community
- a pleasurable space where people escape from the real life everyday
- part of everyday sexuality
- not de-humanizing or objectifying

- Some porn sites and sex chats list --> reveal the ethical sensibilities


Influence of the emergence

- Internet tells a different story of Porn
--> Amateurs do it for love but not money
--> atypical pornographic beauties created via the internet
--> sexual attractive women


- The rapid spread of sexual imagery --> internet porn’s ethical sensibility
- a facilitator to facilitate the anonymous sexual experimentation
- Relax the threaten of the cybersex and cyberporn
- Part of a spectrum of contemporary sexual tastes and practices


Conclusion: Pronography is immoral but Ethical