Masterbation
They're not blind. They don't have hair on their palms. Even so, they still masturbate. Of all the topics that continually find themselves under attack, none seems to be restricted solely to quiet, taboo conversations as often as masturbation. For countless generations, this subject has been put down, looked down on, and kept behind closed doors, and no one is really sure why. "It's immoral", or "its dirty" are the best anyone has come up with. The latter is a matter of personal opinion, and does not necessarily represent the views of this writer, and the former is, in fact, incorrect. To see why, please, read on. Morals and ethical principles have existed for literally thousands of years, right along with civilization itself. Unfortunately for those who knock masturbation, masturbation itself has been around for a hell of a lot longer. Even so, it has always been shunned by so many as immoral. Well, let's see. Since the time of Socrates, there have been a great many ethical systems brought to the attention of the civilized world. Let's run masturbation through some rigorous ethical tests, and see just how immoral it really is, ok? Aristotle described "The Good" as that which all things in the universe strive to achieve. In
Next, we tackle the really big opponent of masturbation... Judeo-Christianity. Both parts, the Jews and the Christians, have been telling us for God knows how long that masturbation is bad, dirty, immoral, etc. "It is self-gratification," they will tell you, "and self-gratification is bad... its against what the Bible tells us." This is, in fact, the whole point of Divine Command Theory. This theory tells us that moral ethics come by command of God, and commands of God come from the Bible (or from Church leaders, if you are Catholic). I won't go into the problems with this theory (find a book by a man named Rachels for a decent coverage of that), but I will instead assume its truth, as I did with Utilitarianism. The problem with the stance of these people who will argue the immorality of masturbation, is that nowhere in the Bible does it say, "Do not masturbate." I will agree, self-gratification is spoken against in the Bible, but not put down as bad. It is only the over-indulgence of things that is looked down upon. Since masturbation is not explicitly forbidden in the Bible, we can only go by the implicit command that over-indulgence is bad, and say that too much masturbation is bad, like drinking too much is bad. Keep it to a reasonable amount, and Divine Command Theory supports (or at least, doesn't forbid) masturbation. For those who have not been exposed to it, Utilitarianism is simple: Do that which will cause the greatest good for the greatest number. In classical Utilitarianism, that good is happiness. In modern Utilitarianism, tha
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