2.5 Marriage and Partnership

Question 1

Religious reasons for marriage

Answer 1

“Man leaves his family and is united with his wife” Genesis 2:24. This shows that marriage is part of Gods plan for his creation

Question 2

Religious reasons for marriage 2

Answer 2

Aquinas says that marriage is part of the natural law derived from our telos because it means we are in line with rearing of children. It secures parental guidance which is one of the things that Aquinas says is in our God-given telos.

Question 3

Religious reasons against marriage

Answer 3

Jesus himself remained unmarried and because he and therefore his actions are infallible, and also “in him there is no sin”, remaining unmarried is a good thing to do and cannot be considered wrong.

Question 4

Non religious reasons against marriage

Answer 4

Plato wanted to abolish family and therefore marriage because he believed marriage broke apart society by making it in small divided groups. He thought that removal of family would strengthen the state.

Question 5

religious attitudes to sex outside marriage (Aquinas)

Answer 5

Goes agaisnt either the natural moral law that we should only have sex to reproduce or if you are reproducing it means you are having a child outside of stable conditions to look after that child which is equally as bad

Question 6

Religious attitudes to sex outside marriage 2

Answer 6

Adultery is having sex with someone that isn’t your wife and is the only grounds for divorce. It is a metaphysical assault on the uniting work of God.

Question 7

Non-religious attitudes to sex outside marriage

Answer 7

Utilitarian…

Question 8

Non-religious attitudes to sex outside marriage

Answer 8

Kant says that having sex outside marriage violates the principle that we should never treat people as a means to an end (objects). It violates someones dignity as rational beings and should not be allowed