Summary of Thomas Nagels "Sexual perversion"

In the essay “Sexual Perversion”, Thomas Nagel attempts to form a general definition of what constitutes perversion. Nagel begins by setting up what he calls general conditions that the concept must meet without analysis in order to be evaluated under his view of perversion. They are 1. That any sexual perversion will be sexual desires or practices which are unnatural, 2. That fetishes of objects will be seen as perverse however unadorned intercourse will not and, 3. That perversion will be unnatural sexual inclinations as opposed to unnatural practices adopted not from inclination but for other reasons.
After this, Nagle forms a general definition of a normal adult sexual relationship by using an example of two people becoming aroused my simply noticing one another, deriving what he considers to be the basic framework of a full-fledged sexual relationship. Through this example Thomas Nagel demonstrates the steps of the development of a sexual relationship, all of which must be e...