PHIL 1290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Solemn Vow, Promiscuity, Surrogacy
22 Nov 2013
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Two opening considerations: promise breaking and deception are wrong prima facie. He thinks this is an open question. Adultery as the breaking of an especially solemn vow. Breach of reciprocity might appear doubly unfair. Pain of apparent indifference (pain on the one who"s being cheated) Thus, certain kinds of adultery might be wrong. Passive deception vs. active deception: active deception lying, passive deception not mentioning the deception. Extra martial sex a betrayal of deep culture norm. If a serious relationship is based on shared feelings and these feelings are missing from one partner, wasserstrom says there is always some level of deception. Practical benefits are instrumental (not moral) considerations, so again adultery not necessarily wrong. If we follow gay marriage (sexual relativism), we must allow all non-traditional arrangements: the ideal of heterosexual monogamy has served society well, burden of proof on these who propose change, natural teleology propagation and sustenance of species.
