Bestaat er een pil voor liefde? Wat dacht je van een 'antiliefdesdrug' om ons te helpen over een ex heen te komen? Dit boek betoogt dat bepaalde psychoactieve stoffen, waaronder MDMA – de werkzame stof in ecstasy – gewone koppels kunnen helpen bij het oplossen van relatieproblemen en het versterken van hun band. Andere stoffen kunnen helpen om een emotionele band te verbreken tijdens een relatiebreuk. Deze stoffen bestaan al en hebben ingrijpende gevolgen voor hoe we over liefde denken. Di...

What if there were a pill for love? Or an anti-love drug, designed to help us break up? This controversial and timely new book argues that recent medical advances have brought chemical control of our romantic lives well within our grasp. Substances affecting love and relationships, whether prescribed by doctors or even illicitly administered, are not some far-off speculation – indeed our most intimate connections are already being influenced by pills we take for other purposes, such as ant...

Is there a pill for love? What about an "anti-love drug," to help us get over an ex? This book argues that certain psychoactive substances, including MDMA—the active ingredient in Ecstasy—may help ordinary couples work through relationship difficulties and strengthen their connection. Others may help sever an emotional connection during a breakup. These substances already exist, and they have transformative implications for how we think about love. This book builds a case for conducting re...

This Handbook covers the most urgent, controversial, and important topics in the philosophy of sex. It is both philosophically rigorous and yet accessible to specialists and non-specialists, covering ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, the philosophy of science, and the philosophy of language, and featuring interactions with neighboring disciplines such as psychology, bioethics, sociology, and anthropology.The volume’s 40 chapters, written by an international team o...