Sex, Love, and Marriage

On the Place of Sex in Human Existence

—Immanuel Kant

• The main purpose of sex is procreation .

• Marriage is a matter of reciprocal property rights .

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Sex, Love, and Marriage

John McMurtry:

Monogamy: A Critique

Michael D. Bayles:

Marriage, Love, and Procreation: A Critique of McMurtry

McMurtry insists that monogamy is a massive social control mechanism .

Bayles thinks that Kant’s (and McMurtry’s) view of marriage as “ mutual ownership ” is pure nonsense. Bayles contends that monogamous marriage promotes deep, personal relationships and provides a good context for raising children .

Sex, Love, and Marriage

Monogamy: A Critique

—John McMurtry

Marriage, Love, and Procreation: A Critique of McMurtry

—Michael D. Bayles  Bayles says McMurtry’s contention that monogamy restricts the care of children is not well founded .

 Bayles wants us to reject vulgar hedonism and replace it with

eudaimonism .

Sex, Love, and Marriage

What’s Wrong with Adultery?

—Bonnie Steinbock – One reason adultery is wrong is that it generally involves promise-breaking .

– Genuinely open marriages are not immoral .

– There is a need for concentrated involvement in marriage .

Sex, Love, and Marriage

We Have No “Right to Happiness”

—C.S. Lewis  In intimate relations, we do not have a right to be happy .

 A society in which conjugal infidelity is tolerated must always be, in the long run, a society adverse to women .

Sex, Love, and Marriage

What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?

English —Jane  Grown children are not obligated gratitude to their parents.

to repay a debt of  The relationship between children and their parents should be one of friendship .

 The duties that grown children have to their parents result from friendship .

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Sex, Love, and Marriage

Why Homosexuality Is Abnormal A Defense of Homosexuality

—Michael Levin —John Corvino Levin contends that homosexuality is abnormal because it is a misuse of bodily parts . Corvino says that from the fact of evolutionary adaptation in humans, we cannot conclude that they should behave in a particular way . Corvino argues that even if homosexual people were more likely to commit illegal or immoral acts than the general population, it would not follow that their homosexuality causes them to do these things .