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Sexual Morality
This is an approximation of T. Mappes' essay on "sexual using".
1. An action is morally acceptable if and only if it satisfies the criterion of Voluntary Informed Consent (VIC), according to which using another person is immoral.
2. Therefore, sexual action is morally acceptable if and only if it satisfies VIC, and does not involve one person using another.
3. An action fails VIC, if it is either deceptive or coercive.
4. Thus, an action is not morally acceptable if it is either deceptive or coercive.
5. Thus, a sexual action is not morally acceptable if it is either deceptive or coercive (these would be 'sexual using').
6. A sexual threat is coercive, and thus never morally acceptable.
7. A sexual offer is NOT coercive, and thus is morally acceptable.
8. Lying about statements relevant to a person's decision to enter a sexual union is deceptive, and is never morally acceptable.
9. Withholding information is not deceptive.
10. Thus, withholding information relevant to sexual activity is not immoral.
11. The only immoral sexual actions are those which violate VIC as desribed above.
12. Thus, every sexual action which is neither deceptive nor coercive is morally acceptable.
1. An action is morally acceptable if and only if it satisfies the criterion of Voluntary Informed Consent (VIC), according to which using another person is immoral.
2. Therefore, sexual action is morally acceptable if and only if it satisfies VIC, and does not involve one person using another.
3. An action fails VIC, if it is either deceptive or coercive.
4. Thus, an action is not morally acceptable if it is either deceptive or coercive.
5. Thus, a sexual action is not morally acceptable if it is either deceptive or coercive (these would be 'sexual using').
6. A sexual threat is coercive, and thus never morally acceptable.
7. A sexual offer is NOT coercive, and thus is morally acceptable.
8. Lying about statements relevant to a person's decision to enter a sexual union is deceptive, and is never morally acceptable.
9. Withholding information is not deceptive.
10. Thus, withholding information relevant to sexual activity is not immoral.
11. The only immoral sexual actions are those which violate VIC as desribed above.
12. Thus, every sexual action which is neither deceptive nor coercive is morally acceptable.
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| Anonymous | Sexual Morality | 0 | Dec 17 2008, 11:54 PM EST by Anonymous | ||
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I certainly agree with Mappes’s essay on sexual morality. Sexual morality should have a set of guidelines that it follows and both partners should be on the same page and it should be consensual. When this does not happen, it leads to a situation where one partner feels violated. Furthermore it must not be coercive or misleading because then you get the same situation. Also, if a person is lying and being misleading with information, then they know that the other person might not consent. This situation is not morally right and both partners should be honest and truthful with one another.
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| Anonymous | Madrigal's thoughts on Sexual Morality | 0 | Oct 28 2007, 9:25 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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I definitely agree with Mappes' essay on sexual morality. I do believe that sexual morality should follow certain guidelines and it should be consensual. If one partner is not in agreement with the other then it is not consensual and as a result violates the criteria, if the other partner decided to still engage. I also think that a sexual action is not morally acceptable if it is either misleading or coercive. I feel these are universal moral parameters. Lying is morally wrong and telling the truth is morally right. When you are truthful with you partner then that helps your significant other make a better decision. However, if you withhold information from your partner that as a result would change their decision, then that is deceitful. Thus, it is morally wrong. I do slightly disagree with the 7th guideline: “A sexual offer is NOT coercive, and thus is morally acceptable.” For example if you make a sexual offer to someone who is drunk and they accept your offer they are not really acting out of their own will. When people are drunk they loose certain mental faculties that they use to judge certain situations. Being drunk affects your mental state, who you are and the way you evaluate situations. Therefore, you are not entirely acting out of your own will. If something affects your perception of reality then you are not yourself or acting within your real boundaries. In addition you are not using all of your mental senses and you are not truly will fully acting.
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| Anonymous | Fast food nation, anyone? | 0 | Jul 17 2007, 6:04 PM EDT by Anonymous | ||
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I first thought I totally agree with this T Mappes guy about sexual morality, but then I thought about one incident from one movie that got me thinking.
Sexual offer is NOT coercive, and thus is morally acceptable. - this is the one that is relavant to my comment. So I don't know if you guys saw the movie "Fast Food Nation", but there is a scene where a manager at the slaughter house hints to a desperate immigrant woman that there really isn't a postion to give at the slaughter house, unless... So he doesn't force her to have sex with him. He very subtly suggests. And she didn't have to take the job, except that she desperately needed money to help her injured boyfriend. And then in the next scene he's banging her. Just because it wasn't coercive, was that morally acceptable on his part?? I think it's manipulative. |
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