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“The moral dilemma that the little mermaid must confront - that she can only live by killing the one she loves - is the ethical choice at the heart of love. The other person, their identity and feelings, can be sacrificed for our pleasure.” quote by Rod Dubey — Download Open image

““The moral dilemma that the little mermaid must confront - that she can only live by killing the one she loves - is the ethical choice at the heart of love. The other person, their identity and feelings, can be sacrificed for our pleasure.””

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“The transgressive quality of love is the transgressive quality of art ... From the Pre-Raphaelites till now, the avant-garde has always been characterized by radical views of love and sex.”

“Love is a mad hallucination of luna-tics that, through its vision, creates a world where the extraordinary and eternal transgress the everyday.”

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“The autonomy to have a consensual relationship with whoever we love is the ultimate measure of the freedom of a society.”

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“Turning love into a commodity contributed greatly to the expansion of modern alienation ... It is the love of an actual person that transgresses…

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“A truly shared kiss requires freedom and equality.”

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“Love cannot be controlled. It will flow wherever it chooses. It is an essential part of our nature and thus inherently free. Love has…

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“Love transgresses the possibility of the rights of the individual becoming only selfish indulgence. For love, we will accept a person's faults and pain,…

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“Erotic love is a threat to the state, the church and the family in that it leads to a more primary union, one that…

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“Love is to be feared by power because it leads to rebellion. “Why do slaves love?” asked ex-slave Harriet Jacobs and I think the…

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“The transgressive quality of love is evident in our daily lives ... Teenage love can rend the fabric of a nuclear family, and the…

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“Relationships based on undirected love ... demand a personal ethical obligation to the other, and that extends outward, politically, to the broader society.”

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