Kantemplatn: Polyamory, Gay Marriage and Kant

kant on gay marriage

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GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

Kant's views on the unnaturalns of homosexualy do not stand up to scty, and he nnot (as he often tri to) rtrict the purpose of sex to procreatn. Bee same-sex marriage would be between equals and would allow homosexuals to exprs their sire a morally appropriate way, ought to be legalized.

He specifilly thks that certa sexual practic, cludg homosexualy, n lsen our rpect for not only we but also for others and go agast the basic ethil prcipl, which every human beg should follow. Homosexualy, acrdg to him, go agast a person’s duty and is nsistent wh our moral requirements. He believed that ethilly a human beg, pecially a homosexual, “mt never treat another person merely as a means, but always as an end” (Kant, 285).

Kant also oppos to homosexualy sce he feels that when a human beg is cled towards his or her own kd then he or she will tend to move away om humany. Kant says that homosexualy is not merely an clatn, which a human feels towards another, but is the preference for another person’s sexualy. Human nature be subdued sce due to homosexualy a person’s sex be the object of another’s sire.

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