Lesson 6

• Sexual ethics or sex ethics (also sexual morality)

  • is the study of ethics in relation to human sexuality, and sexual behavior
• Contraception

  • intentional prevention of conception through the use of various device
• Human sexuality

  • refers to people’s sexual interest in and attraction to others, as well as their capacity to have erotic experiences and responses.
• People’s sexual orientation

  • is their emotional and sexual attraction to particular sexes or genders, which often shapes their sexuality
• Sexual orientation

  • is about who you're attracted to and want to have relationships with. Sexual orientations include gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, and asexual
• Sexuality

  • may be experienced and expressed in a variety of ways, including thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviors, practices, roles, and relationships.
• Human Sexuality

  • is the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses.
• Sexuality

  • is a multidimensional phenomenon that includes feelings, attitudes, and actions
• 5 Aspect of Human Sexuality

  • Sexualization
  • Intimacy
  • Sensuality
  • Sexual Identity
  • Sexual Health
• Moral Evaluation

  The basic criteria for evaluating any relationship have to do with the extent to which key relational components are present and expressed in ways appropriate to the particular relationship. Mutual regard, respect, and truthfulness are minimums for any relationship. Relationships that are more than fleeting ought also to involve responsibility, loyalty, accountability, attentiveness, and availability. Long-enduring relationships require commitment, fidelity, reciprocity, forgiveness, and generativity
• Marriage

  • a formal union and social and legal contract between two individuals that unites their lives legally, economically, and emotionally.
• Marriage is more than a contract. It is a covenant.
• Family Code of the Philippines (FC)

  • marriage is defined as a special contract of permanent union between a man and a woman entered in accordance with law for establishment of conjugal and family life
• Types of Marriage

  • Monogamy – one man, one woman. All 1st world countries are monogamous.
  • Polygamy – more than one wife or husband. Example: Islam & Fundamental Mormons
  • Bigamy – Marrying another person while still married to someone else. It is against the law.
  • Serial Monogamy or Modified Polygamy – Succession of marriages over time. Typical of US marriages
• Fornification

  • sexual acts between unmarried people
• Adultery and Concubinage

  • Philippines' law criminalizes adultery and concubinage. Both are deemed “crimes against chastity”
• The crime of adultery can be committed only by a wife and her paramour. The husband need only prove that his wife had sexual intercourse with a man other than him
• The crime of concubinage can be committed only by a husband and his concubine, but it requires that the wife must prove that her husband has kept a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or has had sexual intercourse under “scandalous circumstances” or lived together with his mistress in any other place.
• For adultery the guilty wife and her paramour may be imprisoned for up to 6 years
• For concubinage, the husband may be imprisoned for up to 4 years and 1 day, while his concubine may be merely “banished” but may not be imprisoned.
• Marriage, is seen biblically and theologically, to signify Christ's union with the Church. In Christian marriage sexuality is only good insofar as it is open to PROCREATION.
• Folk methods Precoital/Poscoital Douche Prolonged Lactation; Withdrawal- coitus interruptos, coitus reservatus
• Mechanical methods condom Diaphragm Sponge
• Chemical methods Vaginal suppositories and tablets Vaginal jellies, creams, and foams
• Hormonal methods Contraceptive pills Injections and implants
• Abortifacients Intrauterine Device DES diethylstilbestrol Prostaglandin Antipregnancy vaccine Low-dose of contraceptive pills
• Surgical methods Tubal ligation Vasectomy Hysterectomy
• Natural or behavioral methods Rhythm or calendar method Temperature method Ovulation (Mucus) Method Sympto-thermal method Sex relations during menstruation
• Natural law ethics had two division

  • Only rhythm method and abstinence
  • Voluntary sterilization as WRONG
• Utilitarianism

  • Justify contraception and sterilization for the greatest happiness and benefits
• Pragmatism

  • Contraception and sterilization is practical, useful, and beneficial.