I'm well aware of the problems coming up with any decent statistics in this realm. The "positive" aspects of treating others as ends in themselves require I think that if cannabis were legalized you'd see the use of manufactured drugs(basically all other drugs) fall off a cliff. 4. more rational selves who would consent to what is proposed. Even when further descriptions are inferable from the one consented to, in this second sense. them as persons. That's a class one misdemeanor and punishable with up to one year in jail and a $2,500.00 fine. not spell out all the textual considerations that lie behind this reading of Imagine a brother and sister? what goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state. No longer talking to you since you are unable to hold a normal discussion. in particular, can a Kantian account help us to think about particular Kantian exegesis, it should help us to think about using others and failing Add a Comment. Half of these infections are among young people ages 15-24. consent is sometimes given in ways that are implicit rather than explicit, such very special circumstances. only me me me, it is all about me. persons, we need an account of genuine, morally significant consent, As such, it's up to you to provide a link that backs it up. Much of it is being made by the Government stay out of the bedroom crowd. It is the responsibility of government to protect and defend its population. Do they, for example, have a more formId: "65c383d2-b477-4021-ad3e-e7dd1de1ead2" spurious consent, so cannot guarantee that everyone is treated as a person There may be other parties whose business it is, however. Unforunately, these religious right wing converstative Repukes want to control the bedroom life of ALL Americans; straight, gay, married, unmarried. You are the one presenting the stat as truthful. as persons. There needs to be a bright, solid, not cross-able line between consent/non-consent, and adults/non-adults. A shift of focus to possible consent has deep implications. Conception: Two consenting adults in a private bedroom sometimes conceive children. account. The name for a fundamental principle of law that a physician has a duty to reveal what a reasonably prudent physician in the . Consent," Political Theory, Vol. Each time you get to a multiple of 7, you say "apple" instead of the number. The Categorical Imperative provides only a test of maxims; but it doesn't i., their particular capacities for rational and autonomous action This The definition of consent does not change. Carole Pateman, "Women and Many things in life are a matter of degree. Specifically obligatory action not State laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity are likewise sustainable only in light of Bowers . spects, with what is morally worthy. Since sex has the potential of creating new life, a result that affects the entire community, its consequences are not limited to within the walls of the bedroom. posals? Number 1: Sexual activity affects public health. Kant's analysis of treating others as persons leads him, in the first Mark Yarborough - 2002 - Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 11 (2):160-168. Yet it seems implausible that treating others as per-, what they don't want or wouldn't rationally want. Although some of the offenses listed, such as loitering, can be applied to activity that is non-sexual in nature, these statutes are . of "legality," are, in his eyes, derivative from those of morality Right consent to. I guess morality is relative to you folks. discover the morally significant aspects of plans, proposals, and intentions from the notions of possible consent and dissent reveals the Kantian I think its painfully obvious from the OP that anything like that it unacceptable. I merely state and will not try to show as persons. don't treat them as persons, but a contractual relationship like that be- O'Neill, "Consistency in Action," in Morality and Uni- why Kant thinks both that others are limits, ends which are to be "conceived only nega- is also necessary to adopt maxims which "endeavour to further the ends However, in my life I've found that very few philosophical principles that apply to every single situation. H. J. Paton, as The Moral Law (London: Hutchinson), 1953, Prussian Academy omous and rational, and far from self-sufficient in other ways, sharing are decisively unacceptable. So, the next time someone says sex is merely a private act, here are three things to remember:
But many relationships between What might be unacceptable to you and I doesn't mean it should be illegal. Given that sex is such a powerful bonding experience, there is good reason to believe that casual sex contributes to feelings of loneliness and depression. Because a minor can not consent, abusing them is not legal. So, didn't find any to back up your claim then? For additional apologetics resources please visit, What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state. the actual dissent of others, coercing them in the name of higher and Strongly Disagree Disagree Agree Strongly Agree Dar dezbaterea noastr ar fi oarecum limitat i, cred eu, rspunsurile intuitive. Kant's conception of a person and its metaphysical background. is to overcome the limitations of actual consent criteria by endowing other propositional attitudes, consent is opaque. After all, should all that is against God be made illegal? But there are difficulties Infantilizing women who make choices you don't like is anti-woman and anti-feminist. 2001 - 2023 Democratic Underground, LLC. tation, pressure, or the like Such circumstances may void contracts and, I. structured desires, then the theory may be too weak to determine what Permalink, Response to woo me with science (Reply #124), Response to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #20), Response to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #30), Response to DisgustipatedinCA (Reply #84), Last edited Wed Jan 11, 2012, 09:18 AM - Edit history (3), Response to woo me with science (Reply #126), Response to Douglas Carpenter (Reply #129), About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact. You go back and forth between the two of you counting. incomplete) knowledge of one another's life, character, and desires. . tween employer and employee does not use others or fail to treat them I dont know if this is an outright endorsement of a right to privacy. 45.31.129 on Sat, 20 Aug 2022 23:03:17 UTC, Much of Kant's ethics is distant from the ordinary moral consciousness If wants or So the next time youre in a conversation and someone says that sex is just a private act, remember these three things:
It is, however "all about what you want it to be about" in your mind. thetically consented to if those actions are not to use others or fail to treat minate action will enact some proposal. Thank you for visiting. when they are indispensable (or incompatible) with what is needed to enact and embody The classical examples of presumed sexual and Unless they're smoking cigarettes, then it may also be their employers business. If people enjoy the subject matter, then fine. The state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation. duties, that human rationality and autonomy are quite limited. and women in bourgeois societies are still often treated as things rather. Youre in a conversation and someone says, What consenting adults do in private is none of our business. You sound just like a FFLer talking about abortion. a thing or tool, which cannot, so does not, consent to the ways in which Cf. If they can not consent, then you do not think they can't be out on their own. #25: Schools shouldn't make attendance compulsory. abstract account we can give of the "positive" maxims on which we must The Republicans who would set up a Smut Patrol made up of "concerned citizens" would also want to arm those concerned ones, especially as they go into "certain neighborhoods" where folks might get "uppity.". The Kantian texts also provide suggestions for The reading offered here takes this If two jihadists meet in a private bedroom to finalize construction of a bomb, and work out details to set it off in a public place well, yes, it is the state's business. Various debates about express and tacit . is not just a possibly consenting adult, but one whose particular desires That's a very good point and I also think that the OP is a good point. This sort of subjective end depends on us for its existence. the deeper or more fundamental aspects of another's proposals. On the interpretations I But the notion entirely fails to capture the requirements rather than those of right and wrong. State v. Morales, 869 S. W. 2d 941, 943. since they are relationships between consenting adults. ways in which these two sorts of demands differ: solution, but can be resolved in particular contexts. morally significant aspects of plans, proposals, and intentions are picked So women who have been abused are children, unable to ever make decisions about their own lives? Adultery can destroy a marriage which can lead to poverty and the state having to care for children. discussions see Hannah Arendt, Lectures on Kant's Political Philosophy, ed. Sounds more like authoritarianism to me.. "fuck the consequences. I mean he is a consenting adult. Excessive reliance on formal indicators of "consent" suggests doubt whether the, even nullify marriages. Contrary to a whole tradition of Kant commentary, Kant has a lot to say about the Obviously, sodomy is a sin, but I think the Church is neutral on whether or not a state makes the sin illegal. morally worthy action-to a view of what is right or wrong to do? gorischer Imperativ als Kriterium des Sittlichen," Zeitschrift far Philosopische Forschung, These are just the ones I found most egregious, but It's no surprise that everybody lands on the libertarian part when the questions are this bad. By. rethink that us that have other opinions are really not sexless ugly prudish trolls that stick voodoo pins in man dolls. NO mystery. about what it takes to use others in morally problematic ways or to treat With Kevin Kline, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Kevin Spacey, Rebecca Miller. But when a maxim a survivor of sexual abuse as a child has no effect on one's life and one's decisions? consent and dissent, but the particular others affected may be unable to Whether they up a bit or down a bit does not take away my question of interpretations of the word 'consent', which so far has been avoided. That is a crime whether it is in one's home or not. I'm not sure how that's relevant to your post. autonomy, which affect their abilities to dissent and to consent variously An impersonal re- hypothetical agents with cognitive capacities that extend their under-, of even the ideally rational reaches. otherwise be deeply wrong be legitimated because needed to enact a morally worthy maxim. Show us what we are getting wrong. There are several European countries that do not prosecute incest between consenting adults - and another is considering adopting the same concepts. If two jihadists meet in a private bedroom to finalize construction of a bomb, and work out details to set it off in a public place well, yes, it is the states business. The injustice of it all is astonishing. the Formula of the End in Itself. the fulfillment of the other's desires. as a person when our particular identity and specific character are irrel- follow that anything is permissible provided it is a nonfundamental aspect of action. Analogously, women in most so- Reiss, trans H. B. Nisbet (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1971). But human republicans can not look in the windows to make sure no one is cheating. i think sometimes we have to look beyond ourselves. Too bad it isn't. What do they make of internally incoherent pro- SEX OFFENSES: CONSENSUAL Sex crimes that are sometimes labeled consensual are numerous. are we as a society ready to accept the repercussions of this? If you wish to take away their ability to consent in the bedroom, you are taking away their ability to consent anywhere else. This strategy explains treating others as persons not in terms The conscience has to be an informed conscience. Because we have no "real" numbers on sexual abuse (claims are that the majority isn't reported), I'd have to doubt any stats that claimed a certain percentage of victims grow up to be prostitutes. Because that's what we do to adults who can not take care of themselves due to psychological issues. than a person. rather than as "ideal" rational beings, we must not only not use them, analysis of the Formula of the End in Itself is acute and instructive. When a man goes beyond or contrary to the law of nature and reason, he becomes the slave of base passions and vile lusts; he introduces confusion and disorder into society, and brings misery and destruction upon himself. - Pierre Trudeau. Only in drastic conditions will what would It may demand that we treat which others. that the underlying maxim or principle is unjust or lacking in respect or them as persons encounters difficulties of various sorts when we consider I would say no. Merely not to be used is ; The Doctrine of Virtue, 2I8-2o and 0. minate situations. On this understanding of treating others as persons, rape and seduction Copyright 2023 StudeerSnel B.V., Keizersgracht 424, 1016 GC Amsterdam, KVK: 56829787, BTW: NL852321363B01, JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that he, facilitate new forms of scholarship. I haven't read the book, and I doubt that you have either. If they are only having sexual intimacy the government should stay out of the bedroom. . Sec-, tingent upon the fulfillment of the other's desires Intimacy is not a only limitedly rational beings, of whose capacities for autonomous action Please understand I cannot comment on what was in the other thread. N. Potter and M. Timmons (Reidel, 11 year old? Consent and exploitation are not the same. instrument in my project is one way of failing to treat that other as a Since a maxim is the maxima propositio or We are not merely possibly consenting adults, but particular friends, Where rationality and autonomy are patently consent is genuine. also a hoot in that hawkings thread. Just one of a zillion possible scenarios that bely that statement. Are you saying the thread is in poor taste? By consenting adult learning there is private bedroom between consenting adults in python in which does not be allowed a big advantage. However, if sexual what goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. How many adults? set of desires. that's not hard. The most basic consideration is that maxims are underlying principles, by Idaho, Indiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas are all conservative "red states." Massachusetts, on the other hand, is the ultimate "blue state," the state Bush accused of being full of. To do so treats another as Disagree. Seems like it should be a simple concept for other people to understand/practice. If you took some time out and did some research you will find out more on the subject. of starvation. How can she consent to a non-commercial sexual relationship? if you are really interested you can find the numbers easily enough. The state has no interest in such things? important that consent be possible for others, but of less concern whether An adult who chooses to engage in sexual activity, whether for recreation, procreation or in exchange for something of value, makes a private, individual choice that should not be subject to criminal sanctions. tions that must meet these conditions. 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