Download Is sexually promiscuity beneficial or good for our society?

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Contraceptive
Type
Definition
Type
Failure
Rate
Birth Control Pill (Oral Contraceptive)
A hormonal pill taken daily to prevent
ovulation or fertilization.
Hormonal
8%
Implants
Small capsules inserted into the arm that
release hormones to prevent
ovulation.
Hormonal
< 1%
Injection
An injection of a hormone that prevents
ovulation.
Hormonal
3%
Emergency Contraception
An emergency, high dose of birth control
pills taken within 72 hours (three
days) of unprotected sex.
Hormonal
25%
IUD
A T-shaped, plastic device placed inside
the uterus that contains copper or
hormones.
Hormonal
< 1%
IUD
A T-shaped, plastic device placed inside
the uterus that contains copper or
hormones.
Other
< 1%
Male Condom
A thin, latex or polyurethane sheath that
covers the penis.
Barrier
15%
Female Condom
A polyurethane sheath or pouch that
lines the vagina.
Barrier
21%
Cervical Cap
A small rubber or plastic cup that fits over
the cervix
Barrier
16-32%
Diaphragm
A round rubber dome inserted inside the
vagina to cover the cervix.
Barrier
16%
Contraceptive Sponge
A foam sponge containing spermicide
placed inside the vagina.
Barrier
16-32%
Spermicide
A cream, foam, jelly, or insert which kills
sperm.
Barrier
29%
Natural Family Planning
Avoiding sexual intercourse near the
time of ovulation, when
pregnancy is most likely to occur.
Other
25%
Sterilization
A permanent, surgical procedure that
blocks the pathways of egg or
sperm.
Other
< 2%
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Given the potentially destructive power of sex, should sexual activity be
governed by restrictive rules?
• Is any sexual activity between consenting adults
acceptable?
• How can sexual desire be expressed and satisfied without merely using the other
or treating the other as an object?
• Are there reasons to suggest that human sexual interaction is essentially
manipulative – physically, psychologically, emotionally and even intellectually?
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Is sexually promiscuity beneficial or good for our society?
Conservative approach
St Augustine
“A man turns to good use the evil of concupiscence (lust)… when he bridles and
restrains its rage… and never relaxes his hold upon it except when intent on
offspring, and then controls and applies it to the carnal generation of children…
not to the subjection of the spirit to the flesh in a sordid servitude.”
It is prima facie morally wrong and is always in need of justification
Natural Law
Pure and uncontaminated before the fall
Original sin
Importance of the Virgin Mary
Celibacy highest ideal
Sexual acts can be morally wrong for two reasons.
1) Sex is wrong when the act of its nature incompatible with the
purpose of the sex act (pro-creation). Continuation of the species.
• Self-abuse
• Bestiality
• Homosexuality
• Deviance
2) Sexual acts can be morally wrong even if natural; in these cases,
conflict with right reason may arise from the nature of the act with
respect to the other party as in incest, seduction and adultery.
Is the natural law approach reasonable?
In groups:
rational behavior requires that those who are not prepared to be parents ought not
to engage in sexual intercourse? Discuss.
Is an ‘unnatural act’ always morally wrong, even if it is consummated with mutual
and informed voluntary consent?
Are there some non-procreative sexual acts that might actually be natural to human
beings
“If a man wishes to satisfy his desire, and a woman hers, they stimulate each other’s
desire; their inclinations meet, but their object is not human nature but sex, and each
of them dishonours the human nature of the other. They make of humanity an
instrument for the satisfaction of their lusts and inclinations, and dishonour it by
placing it on a level with animal nature.”
“Taken by itself, sexual love is a degradation of human nature; for as soon as a
person becomes an object of appetite for another, all motives of moral relationship
cease to function, because as an object of appetite for another, a person becomes a
thing and can be treated and used as such by everyone.”
Kant, Lectures on Ethics, 1770
BUT
Is Kant Right?