ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I start by giving a definition of “objectification,” and then I explain why the concept is morally important. I next explain and defend Immanuel Kant’s views on sexual desire and how it is by nature sexually objectifying. I discuss various attempts to get around the Kantian problem with sex and argue that they fail, partly because they misunderstand Kant. Finally, I turn to a discussion of pornography and the feminist objection that it objectifies and degrades women. I argue that although pornography does objectify, it does not do so just to women, and that feminist objections to the contrary do not succeed.
