A Defense of the Perverted Faculty Argument against Homosexual Sex

Hsiao, Timothy

doi:10.1111/heyj.12134

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“…93 Unfortunately, LGBT patients continue to experience discrimination at the hands of some clinicians who do not share the view that being a member of the LGBT community is a morally irrelevant trait, 94 and the health outcomes for this population continue to suffer for it. 95 Some clinicians view active LGBT persons as violating a divine order; others may ground their opposition to the LGBT lifestyle in some form of natural law ethic in which the appropriate use of one's primary sex organs is understood to be inextricably linked to a teleology that may at least potentially-barring naturally induced sterility-result in procreation, 96 though other natural law theorists contest this offensively termed "perverted faculty argument." 97 The view of bioethical consensus that being a member of the LGBT community is a morally irrelevant trait presumes that these contrary views, which contain metaphysical commitments related to teleology or divinity, ought to be rejected.…”

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The many metaphysical commitments of secular clinical ethics: Expanding the argument for a moral–metaphysical proceduralism

Brummett

Eberl

2022

Bioethics

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The rich moral diversity of academic bioethics poses a paradox for the practice of giving moral recommendations in secular clinical ethics: How are ethicists to provide moral guidance in a pluralistic society? The field has responded to this challenge with a “procedural approach,” but defining this term stirs debate. Some have championed a contentless proceduralism, where ethicists work only to help negotiate resolutions among stakeholders without making any moral recommendations. Others have defended a moral proceduralism by claiming that ethicists should make moral recommendations that are grounded in bioethical consensus (e.g., relevant law, policy, professional consensus statements, and bioethics literature), which is secured using moral principles such as respect for persons or justice. In contrast, we develop a moral–metaphysical proceduralism by identifying many metaphysical commitments in points of secular bioethical consensus. The moral–metaphysical view of secular clinical ethics is important because it challenges the discipline to accept the substantive philosophical foundations required to support giving moral recommendations in a pluralistic context, which may lead to further insights about the nature of the field.

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The many metaphysical commitments of secular clinical ethics: Expanding the argument for a moral–metaphysical proceduralism

Brummett

Eberl

2022

Bioethics

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“…But Hsiao's argument relies on the work of Feser, and Feser's defense is more comprehensive. See, for example, Hsiao (2015), Hsiao (2016), and Hsiao (2017).…”

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Natural Goodness, Sex, and the Perverted Faculty Argument

Arroyo¹

2021

Philosophy

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There is a longstanding and widely held view, often associated with Catholicism, that intrinsically nonprocreative human sex acts are intrinsically immoral. Some philosophers who hold this view, such as Edward Feser, claim that they can defend the view on purely philosophical grounds by relying on the perverted faculty argument. This paper argues that Feser's defense of the perverted faculty argument does not work because Feser fails to recognize the full implications of the species-dependence of natural goodness. By drawing on the work of Peter Geach and Philippa Foot, this paper presents a view of natural goodness that adequately accounts for the species-dependence of such goodness. Using this adequate account, the paper argues that at least some intrinsically nonprocreative human sex acts contribute to human flourishing.

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Consenting Adults, Sex, and Natural Law Theory

Hsiao

2016

Philosophia

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A Defense of the Perverted Faculty Argument against Homosexual Sex

Cited by 4 publications

References 8 publications

The many metaphysical commitments of secular clinical ethics: Expanding the argument for a moral–metaphysical proceduralism

The many metaphysical commitments of secular clinical ethics: Expanding the argument for a moral–metaphysical proceduralism

Natural Goodness, Sex, and the Perverted Faculty Argument

Consenting Adults, Sex, and Natural Law Theory

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