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« on: May 14, 2017, 04:14:44 PM »


Birth Control (91%):  a very good thing
Divorce (73%):  a very bad thing
Pre-Marital Sex (69%):  a very pleasant thing
Gambling (65%):  fun and relaxing
Gay or Lesbian Relations (63%):  not for me
Having a Baby out of Marriage (62%):  not for me
Human Embryo Stem-Cell Research (61%):  a very good thing
The Death Penalty (58%):  I'm totally uncomfortable with this
Doctor-Assisted Suicide (57%):  I'm totally uncomfortable with this
Animal Fur Clothing (57%):  I have no problem with this
Medical Testing on Animals (51%):  It's kinda weird
Abortion (43%):  sometimes necessary
Sex Between Teenagers (36%):  fun, when you're the one doing it
Pornography (36%):  (see gambling)
Cloning Animals (32%):  kinda weird
Suicide (18%):  I'm very uncomfortable with this
Polygamy (17%):  I don't have a problem with this
Cloning humans (14%):  really, really weird
Extramartial Affairs (9%):  unethical, generally

As for "acceptable or unacceptable", it's a strange question:  I accept them all, because all of them exist, and except for capital punishment and cloning of humans, I think that they should all be legal.
  

Pretty much this. I try to keep a more open mind with assisted suicide but don't think gambling is for me.
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« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2017, 07:11:59 AM »


Abortion: Something I find myself very conflicted about. On the one hand, the little fetus isn't doing anything wrong. But then again if it's early then it's just a collection of unthinking cells. But also it has the potential to become a great human being. But that is less likely if they are unwanted from the beginning. What tips the scale for me, is that if abortion is banned, women will resort to illegal abortions which is a dangerous health hazard. Protecting the lives of alive women is more important than protecting the chance that a group of cells might turn into a great person. There's too many people in the world anyway. Also, in some cases, I would go so far to favor that abortion should be required in situations of severe birth defects or disabilities. People may deny it, but everyone who wants a child most importantly wants them to be healthy and not a useless tumor.

Just going to point out that forcing a woman to abort when she doesn't want to is effectively rape.
That's basically what banning it is, too and what banning it could lead to. It's all basically socialized rape.
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2022, 02:30:23 PM »

Birth Control: Completely Moral
Divorce: Totally Immoral
Premarital Sex: Depends (it can be, though most often isn't)
Gambling: Immoral
Homosexual Relations: Moral (with all the conditions that pertain to the morality of heterosexual relations applied)
Having a baby out of wedlock: Moral (under certain circumstances)
Stem cell Research: Moral
Death Penalty: Completely Moral
Physician Assisted Suicide:Completely Moral (as long as it is regulated)
Animal Fur Clothing: Completely Moral
Medical Testing on Animals: Completely Moral (so long as it is properly regulated)
Abortion: Immoral? (I'm really not sure about this one)
Sex between Teenagers: Depends (usually not moral)
Pornography: In theory it is morally acceptable, though most often not in practice
Animal Cloning: Moral
Suicide: Moral (under certain conditions)
Polygamy: 100% Immoral
Human Cloning: 100% Immoral
Adultery: 1000% Immoral, should be criminal

I can agree with you on pornography. In principle, it’s moral but perhaps it is immoral if the sex workers are treated poorly.
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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2022, 05:54:11 PM »

Birth Control is morally acceptable.

Divorce is unacceptable except for when one spouse is committing crimes against the other and for when one spouse commits Adultery against the other spouse.

Adultery is generally unacceptable because it is fundamentally fraud unless both spouses agree to allow it, both spouses are allowed to do it, AND they still primarily have sex with with their spouse   

 Pre-Marital Sex is morally acceptable given that it is usually a necessity in finding marriage in an industrial and liberal neolocal society.

Gambling is morally acceptable given that in a liberal society, whenever possible, individuals need to be responsible for their resources.

Homosexuality is against my my morals but is ethical and probably has an important function in social complex life, and because I don't consider someone to be a bad person just because they are gay, I will say that being gay is acceptable despite the fact that orthodox view in my religion prohibits it.

Having a bastard child is morally unacceptable but under no circumstances should a child be discriminated against or any civil consequences taken against the parents.   

HESCR/SNCT technology/advanced regenerative medicine- Acceptable. I just don't think there are any moral considerations until there is an actual pregnancy.

Death Penalty- Unacceptable even against the Buffalo Shooter but perhaps acceptable for Osama Bin Laden or Vladimir Putin.

Doctor-Assisted Suicide- I don't think I would ever choose this for myself but I consider it  acceptable if consent is free of outside influence, death is reasonably certain, and palliative care can be reasonably  considered less humane than no treatment at all.

Animal Fur/Meat- Acceptable. That's how people have lived for 95% since the first person has lived and there haven't been any changes in circumstances that would cause me to revisit it.

Medical Testing on Animals- Acceptable, but excessive cruelty is unacceptable

Abortion- Same with homosexuality where I would only consider it personally (if I were a woman) acceptable if its a dangerous situation, or in self-defense but I consider it an ethically acceptable choice for other people to do it so long as abortion for a non-acute scenario is done as quickly as practicable.

Sex between teenagers- It depends

Pornography- If premarital sex is acceptable then so is pornography and even prostitution. It becomes unacceptable when it is done under duress or fraud.

Cloning Animals- Probably a good technology to have. Acceptable.

Suicide- Unacceptable unless done in the defense of another

Polygamy- It's socially abhorrent but I don't think it violates some universal notion of right or wrong. There are times when polygamy is a good idea and historically Christians, Jews, and Muslims have all practiced polygamy, many of whom were only introduced to monogamy by the Classical Europeans.

Human Cloning- Given the state of the art, it is unacceptable. If they were able to reset the biological age of the clone and there were assurances that the clone would be its own person, I think this should be reconsidered but am not sure what good it would do.


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