... they can be seen as evolved social wisdom
One thing that impressed me about the book was that he managed to describe the moral models without reference to religion.
Seems to be an important thing to you.
I'd still tell them they shouldn't marry
My question was another analytical tool designed to tease out what the real issue is. I observed that you were exercised over incest ...
I think I'd indicated before I'm really more exercised over the willingness of many to tolerate and institutionalize incest. That this guy and his daughter committed incest is bad but the law will deal with them. People speaking up that hey, the law should tolerate it, even give incestuous unions marriage licenses ... thats a bigger problem for society than one man and his daughter.
inbreeding like that is a terrible idea
Marriage doesn't necessarily mean children
Usually it does and children are a primary reason for the institution.
just don't apply purity to sexuality
Some people seem to think that morality is all about sex.
It's not but it is about sex too. More frequently its about responsibility but sexual issues are usually issues of responsibility.
[I do not use the word, "morality," unless I'm posting with someone who uses it. I use it in that situation just to keep from complicating the discussion. The word seems alien and useless to me. I've always thought of it as a religion word. I prefer ethics and constructiveness, instead. For me, that is sufficient and more useful.]
Morality, ethics, values, virtues and vices (ooh, I'll bet you don't like those two either), right and wrong, good and evil .... its all about the same thing. It seems unfortunate to me that people can be so repelled by religion, they reject even the language of right and wrong. |
