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What is premarital sex?

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Sex before marriage

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What reasons would people have premarital sex?

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-casual sex
-cohabitating
-contraception
-secularization

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Did marriage exist before religion?

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Yes, religion came into play when the church began to have more power leading to a obligated Christian blessing having to be received

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What would suggest that premarital sex has been long going thing?

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Anglo Saxon betrothal ceremonies which is like an engagement allowed them to have sex

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What was a bad thing about premarital sex before religion?

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Women were vulnerable to abandonment.

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Why was women’s virginity important?

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As the aristocrats wanted to ensure that the child was there’s

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Why is marriage seen as just according to Lisa Sowle Cahill?

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Christianity prevented men from manipulating there marriage with the wife and children and ensure there would be no abandonments and protected the rights of women against those who were wealthy and husband committing adulatory

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Who has influence legal thought in todays society?

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Mill’s liberty principle

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What is the negative liberty principle?

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being free from the interference of the state and anything else that restricts individual behavior

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What is Marriage according to traditional Christians?

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-union of man and woman
-‘one flex’
-spiritually one and have lifelong fidelity

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What is the purpose of marriage?

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-procreate
-faithfulness
-control sex drive

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Why is the bible unclear of divorce?

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Because Mark and Mathew contradict one another as Mark Jesus completely forbids divorce however Mathew he permits in the case of adulatory

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What is the Catholic View of Marriage?

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its a sacrament where only annulment can end the marriage

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What do Protestants believe about marriage?

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A covenant where divorce is only allowed if the relationship has broken down

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What is the Traditional Christian view of premarital sex and cohabitation?

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-‘living in sin’
-require the act of consummation, the first act of sexual intercourse of a man and woman after marriage

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What do traditional Christians believe premarital sex indicated?

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lack of moral discipline

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What do catholic Christians believe about premarital sex?

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A grave sin that exclude one from the sacramental communion

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What do Catholic Christians site to show that marriage is a good thing?

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The NT the miracle of the wedding in Cana when Jesus turns water into wine

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What are other Christians beliefs on premarital sex and cohabitation?

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-permissible with the intention of getting married.
-Church of England believe view differently as a progression towards marriage
-e.g Kate Middleton and Prince Williams

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What does Adrian Thatcher believe about premarital sex and cohabitating?

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Christians wrongly assume the ceremony is a requirement of marriage the key part is the promises

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What is a further view of premarital sex and cohabitation supporting?

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Emphasis of love in Liberal Christianity may mean that it may have to take place in a loving relationship

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What is the purpose of Marriage according to Aquinas and How is this supported?

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Reproduce , supported by Divine Law ‘be fruitful and multiply’

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How does Marriage allow a ordered society according to Aquinas?

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Provides a stable environment to raise children and educated them.

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What Catholic church view does Aquinas use?

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Marriage has two function generative and unitive.

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What is the Alternative view of Aquinas's view of premarital sex?
May be permissible in a committed relationship with the intention to fulfill the primary precepts.
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What is Fletcher's general view of premarital sex?
Sex within marriage isn't morally required if it's based on love.
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How does Fletcher use the first proposition?
Love is intrinsically good, wouldn't be moral to apply marriage to all when it only suits some and also marriage isn't intrinsically good.
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What should agape not be confused with?
Should not be confused with Eros and he warns of the danger of promiscuisity
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What is a disadvantage with using the principle of personalism?
It does not consider other people only what is the most loving outcome for the primary protagonist.
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Why would Kantian ethics completely disagree with premarital sex?
As marriage involves both promise making and duty (universal law)
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What is premarital sex at risk of?
based on animal instincts and lust as it isn't between equals and treats them as a means to an end.
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Why does he believe that premarital sex lacks commitment?
Using them as a means to you end as a sexual relationship requires to have children raise them in a stable environment.
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Why would person as ends not support premarital sex?
Does not promote mutual respect
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In what case could Kantian ethics allow premarital sex?
They must have freedom and consent when making the choice.
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What could be an alt view of Kantian ethics?
If there is a cohabitating couple where they already have commitment and respect then it may be permissible because marriage would not add anything to the relationship.
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Why may utiliatrians be against premarital sex?
free love may lead to more pain e.g STD
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What is the utilitarian view based on?
whatever brings the most pleasure over pain is right action.
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What would act utilitarian's argue in terms of premarital sex?
Focus should be on the quality of the actual relationship
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Because utilitarianism is relativist what does that mean there view of premarital sex relies on?
dependent on the the situation no fixed right and wrong.
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What is the traditional Christian view of extramarital sex?
-it is a sin the husband is treated the same way as if the woman committed it -its more about how they broke the promises which was made infront of God
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What is the conservative Protestant view ES?
They have a serious view on adulty no remarriage allowed.
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What is the catholic view of ES?
annulment is done which is belief that they were never married in the first place
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What supports the traditionally Christians view on ES?
-do not commit adultry -a sin worthy death
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What is the traditional Christian view of ES?
-should be allowed to marry in a church if they fully intend to keep promises -Jesus's ban on divorce and remarriage wasn't absolute it was to reinforce the seriousness of both -forgiveness and compassion of jess where he did not condone adulatory but he did believe it should be punisher
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What is Natural Law's view on ES?
-sex should only be used for reproduction -doesn't contribute to an ordered society as it undermines the institution of marriage -sex being seen as pleasure is an 'apparent good' not a real good -four tiers of law argue against this as for example divine law 10 commandments do not comet adulatory
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What could go against the divine law in natural laws opinion on ES?
Jesus and the woman who committed adulatory he was very forgiving and said 'go sin no more'
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What is situation ethics opinion on extramarital sex?
-difficult to argue that es is loving However there are many example where its accepted e.g wife as Alzheimer's, mars bergimiar, patriotic prostitutions
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Kantian Ethics view of ES?
-not allowed using someone as a means to your end. -cannot be universalized otherwise marriage is meaningless
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What is act utilitarinaism view of ES?
no harm outweighs initial pleasure
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What to utilitarian's in general view ES?
adulatory isn't intrinsically wrong it would depend on the quality of marriage
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Rule utilitarianism view of ES?
if monogamy is satisfactory it makes sense to make the rule prohibiting adulatory
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What is the traditional teaching on homosexuality?
-condemns all forms of homosexuality -e.g how God destroyed the city of Sodom, do not have sexual relations with a man as one has with a woman -primary purpose of marriage is to have children which homosexual couples cannot do.
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What stance do some traditional Christians take?
'hate the sin not the sinner' show love to homosexuals but don't engage in there acts
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What are other reasons which conservative protestants or Catholics view homosexuality as bad?
-its not generative -same sex marriage isn't recognized so Christians gay [people aren't married yet are having sex so committee even more sin
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What are some other christian views?
-the moral value is dependent on the quality of the actual relationship
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What is the Liberal Christian view of homosexuality?
-be inclusive and adjust to society -we need to focus on the historical contest of the bible e.g Sodom had other societal wickedness such as valance and rape lack of hospitality -also focus on the justice of Christianity since early years essentially Jesus was a liberate and helped those who are appressed in the same way LGBTQ+ community is marginalized in both times
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Natural Law homosexuality?
-primary precept of reproduction wouldn't be able to happen -pleasure gained is an apparent good -Divine law 'do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman' -doesn't contribute to ordered society
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What is the alt view of homosexuality's of natural law?
what is deemed as a normal relationship as usually what is seen as normal is simply established by those who have control in society.
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Situation ethics homosexuality?
-it is the most loving outcome so would be allowed -shouldn't be driven by Eros -3rd proposition of love is justice would say its unfair that heterosexuals are viewed as the only legal couple -city of Sodom no mention of homosexuality's itself
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Kantian ethics homosexuality?
-cannot be universalized as it would lead to the end of civilization -he believes there is not mutual respect as there using them as a means to there own end
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What is the alternative view against kantian ethics on homosexuality?
-personas as end s would allow it today -never saw gay couples in committed relationships
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What is rule view of homo?
it is fine as long as no harm is done to other Mill's no harm principle
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What would act utiliranis say about homosexuality?
Should be prohibited in terms of majority what does the majority want?

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