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Re: Family values?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:44:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, James Simpson writes:
> - yet morality demands that the marriage contract (however a society chooses • to
> express it [within reasonable bounds]) be honored with fidelity. The marriage
> concept does indeed have many incarnations; my argument, however, is not with
> the particulars but with the principles. Indeed, marriage is really a type of
> oath of faithfullness that is expressed in the contexts of romantic love;
> marriage as such is not really the heart of the matter - rather, • faithfullness,
> duty, and commitment are the real absolutes, and marriage is the incarnation
> in human society.
It sounds like you are saying that the crux of the moral status of marriage
comes from: fidelity, duty, and commitment. How does fidelity work in a
culture which accepts polygamous marriage as the norm? Is the marriage moral
as long as the man is only having sex with his wives?
Here's my deal: If you agree when you are married that you won't sleep around,
then it's bad to break that oath. If you agree with your spouse that you will
have a more open relationship (at the time of marriage, or later) and then you
pursue such relationships, it is not bad. Lying to people that you love is
immoral. The sex just doesn't enter into the morality of things.
Chris
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| (...) The crux of marriage is indeed fidelity, duty, and commitment...but fidelity, duty and commitment are not owed by the betrothed merely to oneanother, but also to the moral absolutes which have pressing claim on their conduct. If you do not (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Granted, but i'd be suprised if anything is ever solved in debate. Personally, I prow around here because I enjoy a gentlemanly clash of arms and because I think that it's fundamentally important to speak up about certain things. For instance, (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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