Egoism is a teleological theory of ethics that sets as its goal the benefit, pleasure, or greatest good of the oneself alone.
Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to do what is in their own self-interest. It is important to distinguish this from psychological egoism, the claim that people can only act in their own interest. Any act, no matter how altruistic it might seem, is actually motivated by some selfish desire of the agentEthical Egoism: The person thinks It is morally right to have "Same Sex marriage", because it is their own best interest.. so the person chooses to do what they think is right to do.
But in Psychological ethics: Same-Sex marriage is right because it claims that humans by nature are motivated only by self-interest. So no matter what is the action, it is motivated by some selfish desire of the person.
People choose to be gay/lesbian because they think they are born to be gay/lesbian and because this is their self interest.
In the same time it is immoral because it is against the nature of marriage. Because the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word 'spouse' refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
Where in the other hand, Utilitarianism is, Greatest Happiness Principle: â¦actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness, wrong as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness.. so It is morally right be gay/lesbian because it produces the greatest pleasure.
Same sex marriage could be immoral because it is against God's will , and procreation is an essential element of marriage,.
Debates over terminologyProponents of same-sex marriage often...
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I can see why this essay was not well received. The two long paragraphs are copied whole cloth from a website: http://wapedia.mobi/en/Same-sex_marriage?t=2.
Th e shorter paragraphs are merely a jumble of half-form ideas.
Consider three of the more outrageous comments:
"People choose to be gay/lesbian because they think they are born to be gay/lesbian and because this is their self interest."
People "choose" to be homosexual? This dismisses virtually every sound study on the subject, including extensive, thoroughly rigorous studies by major medical schools, and countless articles asserting that being gay is not a choice. But then again, I am not sure that this writer cares about things like facts and science.
To put it in simple terms, given the hatred and vilification that gays have faced in American society, in which being gay can get a person fired from a job, denied a security clearance, and even murdered, why would any sane person "choose" to be gay?
"In the same time it is immoral because it is against the nature of marriage." Does it go against the nature of marriage, or does it go against what this writer views as the dominant cultural definition of marriage? The law defines marriage as one man and one woman. Is that because of some inherent natural fact, like gravity, or because a majority of voters, whipped into hysteria by George Bush and Carl Rove announcing that America was about to be overrun by gay immigrants if they didn't vote this way? What is inherently "wrong" about gay couples marrying?
"Same sex marriage could be immoral because it is against God's will , and procreation is an essential element of marriage." Does this mean that a post-menopausal woman cannot marry? After all, she cannot have children. What of an Iraqi war veteran unable to procreate because of war wounds? Is he not allowed to marry? What of couple s who, for whatever reason, elect to remain childless? Is their marriage annulled because of this decision?
Alternatively, if a married man is sterile, but his wife is impregnated through artificial insemination, is this a valid marriage to this writer? But if this is a valid marriage, why not a marriage between two women if one of them uses artificial insemination.
Ah, but God says it is so.
But what then of John 3:16 "whosoever believes in him." Is this a misprint? Think of it: probably the most important verse in the entire New Testament will now have to be rewritten based on new developments to read: "whosoever believes in him and is straight"
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