2003.001 Sexual Ethics and Criminal Law, Lester ... - Francis Bennion

It is immoral, as contravening the right to privacy and the duty of
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for anyone, without the consent of the person in question,
sex-respect,
gaze at or listen to the sexual activity of another person, whether
to
or by means of a recording or listening device.
directly
It is contrary to the duty of sex-respect for a human being to have
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with an animal.
sex
Because sexuality is an essential and vital part of the human
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we should develop and ful®l our sexual nature throughout
constitution,
(the duty of sex-ful®lment). This does not mean that remediable
life
disorders ought to be accepted as they are, or that immoral
sexual
behaviour should be tolerated. However it does follow that we
sexual
help and encourage others, particularly the young, to achieve
should
in the sexual ®eld as in any other area of life. Equally we
ful®lment
not deny old people sexual ful®lment or denigrate their pursuit
should
it. We should not condemn any sexual relationship on the ground of
of
disparity in the ages of the partners.
a
(1) Apparent consent by a mentally incapacitated person to a sexual
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cannot be taken as true consent where the incapacity is too great to
act
the person to understand the full emotional and ethical
permit
of the act. Where however such a person would otherwise
signi®cance
The right to sexual privacy
Sex with animals
FULFILLING OUR SEXUAL NATURES
The duty of sex-ful¢lment
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Sex for the disabled
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