Leading contemporary philosophers of sex include Alan Soble, Judith Butler, and Raja Halwani.
Throughout much of the history of Western philosophy, questions of sex and sexuality have been considered only within the general subject of ethics.
There have, however, been deviations from this pattern out of which emerge a tradition of speaking of sexual issues in their own right.
The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love is a professional group within the membership of the American Philosophical Association.
Sex, says Kant, "makes of the loved person an Object of appetite".