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6. What was the view of Stoics to sex?

  • Celebrated pleasure and saw no point in controlling natural forces
  • Sex was purely for reproduction
  • Desires needed controlling, distraction or obstacle to spiritual or philosophical progress

7. How did Gareth Moore criticise religious ideas towards homosexuals?

  • Inconsistent with following laws - Homosexual is immoral but disagree with beheading
  • Bible condemns hypocrisy and greed but no one died at the steak like homosexuals did
  • Gareth Moore was a homophobe

8. Pauline teachings state that sex is only permitted within marriage

  • True - Adultery regarded as a crime in the 10 commandments
  • False - Sex could unite a couple and promote love for one another

9. Which of the following is NOT an issue in terms of consent?

  • Influence of drugs
  • Mental disabilities
  • Gender
  • Age

10. Prior to the fall, sex was...?

  • Okay if it was done in the dark
  • Good in itself
  • The devil's act
  • A mortal sin

11. 'Libertarianism does not allow for sexual crimes because it goes against the freedom principle'

  • True
  • False

12. The Bible (the new/old testaments) has a _________ approach to divorce

  • Condemning
  • Mixed
  • Permitting

13. Who claims men have disempowered women by imposing male-constructed virtues?

  • Martha Nussbaum
  • Martin Dibelius
  • Jocelyn Burrowes
  • G E Anscombe

14. Sexual ethics is an area of practical ethics to understand...?

  • What is okay if you want to have a good time
  • How to have sex
  • What is morally correct and acceptable
  • Sexual preferences

15. Which Christian feminist claimed that Paul's teachings were mysoginistic and the basis for woman kinds oppression?

  • Phillippa Foot
  • G E Anscombe
  • Jocelyn Burrowes
  • Barbara Usher

16. What was valued highly for men in ancient societies?

  • Property he possessed and number of offspring
  • Number of wives and number of offspring
  • Number of wives and property possessed
  • Fidelity and monogamy

17. Which of the following is an Old Testament example of incest?

  • Lot and his daughters
  • David and Goliath
  • Cain and Able
  • Jesus and Mary

18. What was the roman catholic approach to sex?

  • Stresses agape
  • Following the primary precepts
  • More relaxed

19. The pain of childbirth was the result of...?

  • The original sin
  • Giving birth
  • Lust and desire
  • Women wanting sexual dominance

20. What was the view of Pythagoras/Plato to sex?

  • Celebrated pleasure and saw no point in controlling natural forces
  • Desires needed controlling, distraction or obstacle to spiritual or philosophical progress
  • Sex was purely for reproduction