By Dale, on April 12th, 2010%
The ‘proper’ basis for the personal identity of any given human is a hard thing to derive… if you’re limited to the tools of, say, science. Science wonderfully (and tragically in the case of murder, hate, discrimination, etc.) describes what humans ‘do’ (human doings), but not what/who humans ‘are’ (human beings).
I’d want to affirm that ‘doing’ (as well as ‘knowing’ and ‘feeling’) is a necessary component of what a human ‘being’ is, but not the whole composition. Any identity based on only feelings, actions and intelligence alone is incomplete and leaves out something. Continue reading sex & identity
By Dale, on March 18th, 2010%
Conversations about sexual ethics often are had without reference to assumed/unstated/unconsidered ideas about:
- (in particular) goals for human(e) sexual acts – ‘what is the telos (end, goal, purpose) of human sexuality?’ (i.e. ‘what is sex for?’)
- and (in general) the relationship between sexual acts and being a human – ‘what is the relationship between sexual actions and human identity?’ (i.e. ‘how dependent is human identity on sexual actions?’) Continue reading humane sex
By Dale, on March 31st, 2009%
…that a video game like this . . . → Read More: depressing
By Dale, on January 22nd, 2009%
Obama’s recent statements on the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, remind us all (like it or not) of the immensely divisive issue of abortion. The article says… Continue reading wisdom for a divisive issue
By Dale, on August 26th, 2008%
This post over at Scoop highlights the reality (whether we like it or not) that the ‘anything goes’ mindset (and more specifically the outworking of that mindset) toward sexuality is not healthy – literally. It does matter where you put your bits.
For me, an interesting angle is that of self-control. We have the ability to control even the most basic and . . . → Read More: being responsible with your bits
By Dale, on August 21st, 2008%
Judge Nicola Mathers had this to say in regards to the ‘Boobs on Bikes’ parade in Auckland.
It is ‘not offensive per se for women to be topless’; her court was not one ‘of morals and it was her job to stick to the law’; and that “It may well be that the parade is tasteless but equally it may be that in a more mature society the vast majority might consider it harmless.”
My comments on each: Continue reading the logic that allowed public porn
By Dale, on August 7th, 2008%
Have a read.
It’s not just those fundamentalist, conservative, annoying Christians who are concerned about our western . . . → Read More: so sexy so soon
By Dale, on May 13th, 2008%
The video (around 8 minutes) on this page is very thought-provoking. A 19 year-old male had a (consentual) sexual relationship with his 15 year-old girlfriend, and was convicted for statutory rape, including on-going public identification as a sex-offender.
This scenario re-raises not only the question of sexual ethics (How old should a person be to have sex?), but also raises the . . . → Read More: age of consent?
The Erotica porn industry exhibition (forgive me for not hunting for a link – !!!) got free advertising by way of the now infamous and highly 
threshing floor