Sexual Morality

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Term Paper Title	Sexual Morality
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Sexual Morality

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social issues

[Paper Title]:

Sexual Morality

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Sexual Morality

Sexuality is an arguable topic among individuals and can be perceived
differently from person to person. How ought we view, or sex for the want of a
better expression, put it into perspective in our lives? Is it a force whose end
is the production of physical pleasure? Is it the procreation of life? Or is it
inextricably linked to cultural expressions of love and affection? All of these
are valid conceptions of the significance of sex in our everyday lives. However,
each value is contingent on the degree to which we value other things. This will
eventually mold our sexual perspective and define the bounds of sexual
expression.

“The catholic tradition on sexuality has always defined its moral
parameters in the terms of marriage. More than a union of two individuals,
marriage is set in the context of family, and especially procreation.”
(Cahill, 209) In the Humanae Vitae, (1968) love and procreation hold a higher
status equally in terms of marriage. According to the Trinitarian vision, “no
one exists by oneself, but only in relationship to others. To be is to be in
relationship. The deeper one’s participation in relationships is, the more
human one becomes.” (Gula, 65) Marriage is the legal contract of the physical
and spiritual union between a man and a woman. This union is predicated on the
commitment of the two parties to each other and their mutual attachment of mind
and heart.

Lisa Cahill mentions that there are three dimensions present in sexuality:
sex as a physical drive, sex as intimacy or love, and lastly sex as procreative.
(Cahill, 210) All these dimensions are interdependent of each other; however,
the one that is given the highest value is sex as procreative. Every person
holds different standards as to their opinion of the topic at hand. “Moral
actions are judged wrong not because of harms they cause to self or others, or
because they violate rational rules of conduct. Actions are wrong because they
are not properly responsive to what God enables and requires.” (Gula, 45) How
men and women view sex, what they think sex is, affects the nature and stability
of their relationships. It matters whether they view sex as something that
essentially has to do with love, marriage and children or as a feature their
bodies happen to have that they can do with as they will. Furthermore, “basic
human relationships come together through our sexuality a...

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