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The Dissenter · 2026-04-16 · 66 min · 11,140 words

#1241 Jessica Flanigan: The Ethics of Sex Work

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Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricardo Lops, and today I'm joined by Dr. Jessica Flanagan. She is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond, where she teaches leadership ethics, ethical decision-making in healthcare, critical thinking.

And today we're going to talk about another one of her interests, the ethics of sex work. So Dr. Flanagan, welcome to the show. It's a huge pleasure to have you one.

Thank you. It's great to be here. Okay, so first of all, and of course, whenever I talk with a philosopher, I guess it's always a good idea to start by defining some term. So what is sex work or how do you approach it? I just think of sex work as any work that involves the sale of sexual services.

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