If you violate the principle purpose of a sexual

If you violate the principle purpose of a sexual organ it is also morally permissible
for you to engage in incest, bestiality and pedophilia. (NATURALISTIC
FALLACY)
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 Thus, homosexuality leads to bestiality
Naturalistic fallacy : one aspect of the naturalistic fallacy is the false idea that whatever is
natural cannot be wrong
SEX AND MARRIAGE

 Traditional view: sex is morally permissible only within the conventional
institution of marriage, which presupposes a monogamous union of a man and a
woman.
 Nontraditional view : we should no judge the morality of sex acts by whether they
fulfill a particular natural purpose
THE TRADITIONAL VIEW
 Natural law theory: humans should guide their lives toward the goals reveled in
nature and with the requirements of natural law
o Ex: the natural end of human sexuality is procreation, only actions with
this purpose are morally permissible
Teleology Tradition and Sexual Morality
 Teleology: goal-based
 Goodness: goal, function, or purpose
 The choice of X what X is also determines GOODNESS
 Naturalness: that which is good is that which is grounded in human nature.
Corvino: Why shouldn’t Tommy and Jimmy have sex?
 (1) Divine Command
Theory: 1. Time bound (homosexuality bad in the past) & enduring moral values
 Leviticus (find out what he says about Divine Command)
 (2) STD’s (know what Corvino has to say about this)  Argument for safe sex
 Social harm (know what Corvino says)
 (3) If everyone were homosexual, there would be no society  False (society does not
require heterosexuality) and even if TRUE it wouldn’t show homosexuality is immoral.
Naturalness, Homosexuality and Morality
 (4) Bestiality, Incest, etc. (Corvino’s response to this)  slippery slope
 (5) Statistically abnormal: the majority of people are NOT homosexual  this is true
 (6) Not practiced by animals (know Corvino’s response to this)
 (7) Violates the principal purpose (know Corvino’s response)
Thus, Tommy & Jimmy should have sex.
Deontological Ethics:
 judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule or set of rules.
Midterm Essay~ What is Singer’s Solution to World Poverty? Do you agree with Peter
Singer?
Utilitarianism claims that we should do what’s best for the greatest number. In
comparison, Singer’s Solution to World Poverty directly creates this link to our
awareness that as a society, we should do what’s best for the majority because of the

benefits that can result from it. Thus, Singer’s Solution to World Poverty argues that our
“ordinary patterns of spending money on ourselves are immoral.” What does this mean to
us?
Today’s society is overly dependent on materialistic items that are soon to be replaced
by better and more advanced technology. We are so grossly invested in our money that as
a species we’ve lost the true purpose of cherishing and appreciating what we have which
should be what we essentially need, not want. Singer’s solution demonstrates that as