Ethics & Kink: from Socrates to Safewords
ONLINE CLASS, November 28, 2026, 2:00 pm Eastern
Consent and negotiation get a lot of attention in kink. But what about the ethical engines that drove us here?
From the origins of Western philosophy to BDSM culture today, conflicting concepts and formal schools of thought have shaped how we currently understand right and wrong. But what does it mean to act ethically in kink, and who gets to decide? How do we distinguish ethics from morals, social expectations, and the law? Is doing what’s consented to the same as doing what's right?
Join us to connect the dots between ethical frameworks and the norms and expectations within our kink communities - and the hard choices we face as kinksters every day.
