Questions tagged [marriage]
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Why did Hegel consider Kant's definition of marriage crude and shameful?
Why did Hegel* consider Kant's definition of marriage crude and shameful?
Kant** defines marriage as:
the union between two persons of opposite sex with a view to the lifelong reciprocal possession of their sexual faculties
die Verbindung zweier…
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What philosophers believed marriage is man's ultimate perfection?
It seems Plato believed this when he says, through Aristophanes in the Symposium:
After the division [by Zeus,] the two parts of man, each desiring his other half, came together, and throwing their arms about one another, entwined in mutual…
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Thales's views on marriage and sexuality
What were Thales's views on marriage and sexuality?
Allegedly, when someone asked him why he didn't have children, he replied "Because I am fond of children."
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Did Plato not believe in institution of marriage?
From this link, I've found this
“all these women shall be wives in common to all the men, and not one of them shall live privately with any man; the children too should be held in common so that no parent shall know which is his own offspring, and…
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Kant and infidelity or monogamy
It seems to me that if everyone refused to say when a monogamous relationship was over, refused to tell someone of their affairs, and so on, then no monogamous relationships could exist. If relationships of these sorts were never obeyed, or…
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Did any ancient Greek philosophers condemn fornication?
Did any ancient Greek philosophers condemn fornication (illicit sexual intercourse outside of marriage) or marital infidelity?
Plato was against acts of sodomy, saying they are "contrary to nature" (para physin, Leges 636c; Phaedrus 251a).
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What is marriage?
Love? (many people romantically love one another without marriage)
Commitment? (many marriage partners don't recognize themselves as "committed" in that context)
Mutual residence? (we won't say that stranger roommates are "married").
Sex? (we won't…
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determine a secular lawyerly/philosophical argument that solely upholds the traditional male-female marriage institute's values
I was trying to determine a secular lawyerly/philosophical argument that solely upholds the traditional male-female marriage institute's values. In other words, an argument that could be upheld in a relatively secular and fairly independent court…
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