Alan Gerald Soble (/ˈsoʊbəl/; born 1947) is an American philosopher and author of several books on the philosophy of sex.

He is currently Adjunct Professor of philosophy at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

[3] Early in his professional career, Soble wrote papers in areas of Ethics and Epistemology.

In the late 1970s he began to help articulate the fledgling specialty of the philosophy of sex, becoming one of the founding scholars and leaders of the field.

[6][7] In subsequent years, Soble has edited or written many works in this field.