I've heard two major types of Christian arguments against homosexuality (or, more precisely, against acting on a homosexual orientation). I find both unpersuasive, and I thought I'd close out this series inspired by Christiopher Yuan by explaining why I don't buy the arguments and why I think one of them is never worth making to non-Christians. It is Bad because God forbids it. God asks people to do a lot of strange things, especially in the Old Testament. At the most horrifying end of … [Read more...]
On Not Respecting Autonomy
April 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
This was more fun to use as an illustration of 'nudge' than Cass Sunstein's book This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies (but not at the same time) There's a (probably) apocryphal George Bernard Shaw story in which he approached an elegant woman at a party and asked, "Madam, would you go to bed with me for one hundred thousand pounds?" She was stunned, but, after a moment's reflection said she would. Shaw then asked her, "Madam, would … [Read more...]
Where Yuan Went Wrong (Part 3)
April 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
This is part of a series of posts which tackles sexual ethics and debating strategies (but not at the same time) In this last post on problems with Christopher Yuan's rhetoric (meant as a caution to Christians or anyone else addressing a hostile audience), I want to highlight a misstep that occurred outside of the main lecture. At the beginning of the talk, some of the members of the sponsoring groups passed out index cards and told us to write down any questions we had for Yuan. After … [Read more...]
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