There isn't a strict moral gradient to follow, it's not like there is a line with God fearing married hetero "sex only for procreation" at one end and pedophillia at the other. Same sex marriage is no less morally right than hetero marriage.
There isn't a strict moral gradient to follow, it's not like there is a line with God fearing married hetero "sex only for procreation" at one end and pedophillia at the other. Same sex marriage is no less morally right than hetero marriage.
vkaraujo said: 5 should not be in the OP, because all the others involve consenting adults, while this one don't. And it's somehow offensive and worrisome that you believe equal rights and pedophilia are related in any way.
About the others 1-3 should be OK. I don't think polygamy would be popular, and there are some law issues (in some countrys the spouse gets benefits in tax, medcare and others), but it should be OK.
Incest could be OK, as long all involved are adults, but you have the problem of genetic problems in children. Don't think it will ever be legal though. |
@Underlined: If it's offensive I'll remove it, but as I said to another user Equel rights and number 5 are related only in the sense that they were/are huge Taboos and I'm sure you'll agree with that and not because Same-sex marriage is as "dirty" as pedophilia, it's Obviously not. It's only listed since people are talking seriously about legalizing it after yesterday's events.
Consenting ADULTS should be able to sleep with whoever they want and be in a relationship with other consenting adults. I don't have a real issue with that.
Morally, the world is more progressive today than ever.
People always clamour for the past, but really ... that was a time when women were burned at the stake for witchcraft (which basically meant anything some random guy wanted to pin on them), a good family Saturday out was watching someone get hung to death or have their intestines ripped out in the town square, and where if you were born in the wrong skin color you were subject to inhumane slavery and life long suffering.
Yeah, 21st century isn't all that bad by comparison.
Not in favor of polygamy but as long as all parties involved are consenting adults and it doesn't involve forced marriages it really doesn't bother me that much. Marijuana should be legal since its actually not that harmful both tobacco and alcohol are more harmful and both of those are legal. Also one variety of cannabis, hemp is actually one of the most useful plants on earth since it can be used as food, oil, wax, resin, rope, cloth, pulp, paper and fuel. Prostitution should be legal and regulated like it is in Nevada. I'm against incest but if involves two consenting adults it shouldn't be illegal.
As long as we are heading away from religion in general, it is in the right direction.
Read "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined" by Steven Pinker and you can understand how the world now is a much better place to live than the good old days of religos based morality.
I agree with legalizing 1 through 3 but not 4 or 5. I believe that on a global scale that society is headed to the 4 winds like it always has. Different regions/countries evolve as a culture in different ways and at different rates.
I think that the majority of first world countries are headed in the wrong direction economically and because of that, morally we'll be alot worse off. We're printing money that doesn't really exist. It's being spent like it grows on trees. Eventually, the money from certain countries will mean nothing and those countries will collapse in on themselves. The majority of social programs and various government policies would not exist as they are today if we had to actually back up our money.
Once countries start to collapse, all those civil rights and liberties will suddenly vanish.
vkaraujo said: 5 should not be in the OP, because all the others involve consenting adults, while this one don't. And it's somehow offensive and worrisome that you believe equal rights and pedophilia are related in any way.
About the others 1-3 should be OK. I don't think polygamy would be popular, and there are some law issues (in some countrys the spouse gets benefits in tax, medcare and others), but it should be OK.
Incest could be OK, as long all involved are adults, but you have the problem of genetic problems in children. Don't think it will ever be legal though. |
I don´t think there is any law in any civilized cowntry that forbids concensual sexual relationship even if the subjects are first degree relatives.
IMO we should define as inmoral things that deminished the well being or generate unnecessary suffering. Those are not relativistic.
Soundwave said: Consenting ADULTS should be able to sleep with whoever they want and be in a relationship with other consenting adults. I don't have a real issue with that. Morally, the world is more progressive today than ever. People always clamour for the past, but really ... that was a time when women were burned at the stake for witchcraft (which basically meant anything some random guy wanted to pin on them), a good family Saturday out was watching someone get hung to death or have their intestines ripped out in the town square, and where if you were born in the wrong skin color you were subject to inhumane slavery and life long suffering. Yeah, 21st century isn't all that bad by comparison. |
Uur progress and rise in comfort levels and overall safety in Western society has caused us to get upset and/or fret over increasingly pitiful subjects and issues. Seeing the enormous hate towards something as basic as someone getting the right to get married shows this for sure.
People need to play more video games and spend less time whining about things that doesn't affect them in any way.