Sexual Ethics: Applied Scholars

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  • Situation Ethics
    • Dominian
      • Sex is so powerful that it should only be done in an enduring relationship
      • Genuine love validates ALL sex
    • Augustine
      • Adam & Eve only felt sexual desires AFTER the Fall
        • Sex is a reminder of the original sin
      • Sex is a necessary evil for marital procreation
    • Aquinas
      • Basic goods show that sex is for procreation
        • Any other reason is intrinsically wrong
      • Sex must be in marriage
      • Wrong when:
        • Act is incompatible with the purpose (masturbation, foreplay & contraception)
        • Act is morally wrong, but natural (incest & adultery)
    • Tutu
      • Rejecting homosexuals is "the ultimate blasphemy"

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