Lori Watson is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at University of San Diego and affiliate faculty in the School of Law. She specializes in political philosophy, feminism, and legal philosophy. She is co-author of Equal Citizenship and Public Reason: A Feminist Political Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Debating Pornography (Oxford University Press, 2018). Jessica Flanigan is an Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law at the University of Richmond where she teaches ethics and critical thinking. She is the author of Pharmaceutical Freedom (Oxford University Press,2017) and articles that address the ethics of paternalism, enforceable rights, and economic justice.

The book is an excellent introduction to a nuanced, and non-moralising, feminist debate about prostitution: Is prostitution a kind of work, and should it be regulated? Readers interested in whether background inequalities can invalidate women's consent to sell sex, and in the effects of different legal prostitution regimes, will want to start with this book.

• IntroductionLori Watson and Jessica Flanigan Part 1: A Sex Equality Approach to ProstitutionLori WatsonChapter One: Prostitution and Sex EqualityChapter Two: Why "Sex Work" Cannot be Understood as Just Another Form of WorkChapter Three: In Defense of the Nordic Model Part Two: In Defense of DecriminalizationJessica FlaniganChapter Four: The Case for Decriminalization Chapter Five: Defending DecriminalizationChapter Six: Conclusion

Lori Watson is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at University of San Diego and affiliate faculty in the School of Law. She specializes in political philosophy, feminism, and legal philosophy. She is co-author of Equal Citizenship and Public Reason: A Feminist Political Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Debating Pornography (Oxford University Press, 2018). Jessica Flanigan is an Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law at the University of Richmond where she teaches ethics and critical thinking. She is the author of Pharmaceutical Freedom (Oxford University Press,2017) and articles that address the ethics of paternalism, enforceable rights, and economic justice.

The book is an excellent introduction to a nuanced, and non-moralising, feminist debate about prostitution: Is prostitution a kind of work, and should it be regulated? Readers interested in whether background inequalities can invalidate women's consent to sell sex, and in the effects of different legal prostitution regimes, will want to start with this book.

• IntroductionLori Watson and Jessica Flanigan Part 1: A Sex Equality Approach to ProstitutionLori WatsonChapter One: Prostitution and Sex EqualityChapter Two: Why "Sex Work" Cannot be Understood as Just Another Form of WorkChapter Three: In Defense of the Nordic Model Part Two: In Defense of DecriminalizationJessica FlaniganChapter Four: The Case for Decriminalization Chapter Five: Defending DecriminalizationChapter Six: Conclusion

Lori Watson is Professor and Chair of Philosophy at University of San Diego and affiliate faculty in the School of Law. She specializes in political philosophy, feminism, and legal philosophy. She is co-author of Equal Citizenship and Public Reason: A Feminist Political Liberalism (Oxford University Press, 2018) and Debating Pornography (Oxford University Press, 2018). Jessica Flanigan is an Associate Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law at the University of Richmond where she teaches ethics and critical thinking. She is the author of Pharmaceutical Freedom (Oxford University Press,2017) and articles that address the ethics of paternalism, enforceable rights, and economic justice.

The book is an excellent introduction to a nuanced, and non-moralising, feminist debate about prostitution: Is prostitution a kind of work, and should it be regulated? Readers interested in whether background inequalities can invalidate women's consent to sell sex, and in the effects of different legal prostitution regimes, will want to start with this book.

• IntroductionLori Watson and Jessica Flanigan Part 1: A Sex Equality Approach to ProstitutionLori WatsonChapter One: Prostitution and Sex EqualityChapter Two: Why "Sex Work" Cannot be Understood as Just Another Form of WorkChapter Three: In Defense of the Nordic Model Part Two: In Defense of DecriminalizationJessica FlaniganChapter Four: The Case for Decriminalization Chapter Five: Defending DecriminalizationChapter Six: Conclusion