Episode 35, Sexual Ethics (Part III - Homosexuality)
The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast
Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane
4.8 • 604 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2018
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Sexual ethics is the study of human sexuality and sexual behaviour. In a word, it seeks to understand and evaluate the moral conduct of relationships and sexual activities from a philosophical perspective.
Sex is hugely important to us all. Sex is an expression of love. It forms the foundation of our family lives, our social lives and even our self-identities. For many, we should celebrate sex, for we owe it our very existence! On the other hand, sex can be the cause of great pain and suffering. While sex brings life, no doubt, it ruins the lives of many. Cases of exploitation, harassment, assault and rape, show the darkest side of humanity.
Sex can both make and corrupt humans. For Christians, different sexual acts and preferences can lead them closer to, and further away from God. For many moral philosophers, sexual acts can lead them closer to and further away from what is right. Moral philosophers and theologians have long pondered questions surrounding this sensitive topic, and there is a lot more to be said that goes beyond the scope of this episode. In this episode, we will exclusively be tackling issues surrounding marriage and sexuality.
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| 0:00.0 | Part 3. Homosexuality. |
| 0:16.7 | Right, first of all, homosexuality. |
| 0:19.7 | What is it? Why is it important? Why are we discussing it? |
| 0:22.9 | Well, this issue here is like one of the ones that is still very prominent in countries all across the world. |
| 0:30.7 | If you are in the UK, and it's something we'll talk about a little bit later, where actually, well, once again, it feels like |
| 0:37.5 | we're in a very liberal and open democracy. It's been very recently when a lot of civil |
| 0:43.9 | rights have kind of been like actually allowed for gay people and that we're having some sort |
| 0:48.4 | of equality here. So this out of all of them is perhaps the most, maybe the most important |
| 0:53.7 | discussion we're going to have on this topic. |
| 0:56.2 | And the impact that Christianity and other religions have had in this sphere is absolutely huge. |
| 1:02.4 | So I think it's important that we start there, really. |
| 1:04.5 | Yeah, we're going to start by looking at the Christian view. |
| 1:06.3 | We just want to say this doesn't reflect the views of the panpsychast itself, |
| 1:09.6 | and that we need to really |
| 1:10.9 | understand the Christian view before we kind of pick it apart in further analysis and discussion. |
| 1:16.0 | Whether you agree with these views or not, they are held by the Christian churches and |
| 1:20.4 | have been held for quite some time. So we're going to unpick them now. So let's start with |
| 1:24.7 | Christianity and its teachings towards homosexuality. So can I, I'll give a start off with the probably most famous quotation, Leviticus 1822. |
| 1:32.6 | You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. |
| 1:35.4 | It is an abomination. |
| 1:37.1 | What are our thoughts on this one? |
| 1:38.2 | Okay, so an abomination is obviously seen as an incredibly bad thing, probably the worst thing. |
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