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1、lawrence m. hinman, ph.d.director, the values instituteuniversity of san diego2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman1sexual orientation:an overview of the moral issues2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman2introductionna vexing issue conflicting feelings on both sides. is common ground possible? sexual orientatio

2、n does not seem to be a matter of choicenthe cost of discrimination teen suicide ?2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman3martha nussbaumnernst freund professor of law and ethics, university of chicagonalso appointed in: philosophy department, divinity school. associate in the classics department and the po

3、litical science department, an affiliate of the committee on southern asian studies board member of the human rights program committee on social thoughtfor a short biographical sketch, see: /faculty/nussbaum/ 2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman4whose rights?nwho is to be protec

4、ted? “those who stably and characteristically desire to engage in sexual conduct with a member or members of the same sex (whether or not they also desire sexual conduct with the opposite sex)” sexual conduct: “bodily conduct intended to lead to orgasm on the part of one or both parties”2/10/2022(c)

5、 lawrence m. hinman5what rights?nthe right to be protected against violencenthe right to have consensual adult sexual relations without criminal penaltynthe right to be free from discrimination in housing, employment and educationnthe right to military servicenthe right to marriage and/or the legal

6、and social benefits of marriagenthe right to retain custody of children and/or to adopt2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman6arguments against homosexuality nreligious argumentsnintrinsic argumentsnextrinsic arguments2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman7religious argumentsntextual argumentsntradition arguments

7、 great variance within religious traditions compatibility between a specific religious tradition and: gay sex acts gay life stylenthe act and the agent2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman8intrinsic argumentsnthese arguments claim that there is something intrinsically immoral about homosexualitynthe argum

8、ent from nature two senses of natural: descriptive and normativensex and procreation does this exclude too much?2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman9extrinsic argumentsnthese arguments claim that there are factors associated with homosexuality, but not intrinsic to it, that make it morally objectionable

9、example: alleged lack of committed relationships2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman10is sexual orientation a matter of choice?nalthough sexual behavior is a matter of choice, sexual orientation seems to be set very early in life and not a matter of choice.njust as most heterosexual do not consciously ch

10、oose their sexual orientation, so too presumably most gays and lesbians do not choose their sexual orientation, although they may have to choose whether to acknowledge it or notto themselves and to others.nnuffield council on bioethics: there are numerous problems with genetic and other biological r

11、esearch into sexual orientation which mean that any reported findings must be viewed with caution. (2002)2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman11models of the place of sexual orientation in societyntraditional modelnliberal modelnpolymorphous model2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman12traditional modelncondemns

12、 at least homosexual acts, usually also homosexual orientationnoften religiously-basednmay offer both intrinsic and extrinsic arguments2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman13liberal modelnemphasizes the importance of: individual autonomy right to privacynexample: “dont ask, dont tell”2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman14polymorphous modelnclaims that whatever brings pleasure is goodnpeople find pleasure in different ways2/10/2022(c) lawrence m. hinman15levels of acceptancenas we think about this issue, distinguish among: tolerance-e.g., “dont ask, dont tell” acceptance: g