An average guy in the 1950s notices that the main argument against permitting homosexuality seems to be “God disapproves of it”. But he doesn’t believe in God. Should he note that there is a strong cultural guardrail against “sexual deviancy” according to the local cultural definition, and oppose the gay rights movement anyway?
Gender equality, contraception/sexual revolution, gay rights, etc., all seem to be part of a pattern if society switching from treating the purpose of sex as being building families to treating the purpose of sex as being pleasure and expressing relationships.
This leads to several questions he could philosophize about:
Is having children good or bad? Is pleasure good? Is equality good? Is freedom good?
How big of an effect will the cultural changes have on families and pleasure and equality and freedom?
Are there any cultural elements that are good or bad for reasons other than their consequences? If so, what are those reasons?
Gender equality, contraception/sexual revolution, gay rights, etc., all seem to be part of a pattern if society switching from treating the purpose of sex as being building families to treating the purpose of sex as being pleasure and expressing relationships.
This leads to several questions he could philosophize about:
Is having children good or bad? Is pleasure good? Is equality good? Is freedom good?
How big of an effect will the cultural changes have on families and pleasure and equality and freedom?
Are there any cultural elements that are good or bad for reasons other than their consequences? If so, what are those reasons?