Polyamory

Question #1 Morality is a broad and controversial subject that does not have one simple, clear-cut definition. Rather it is composed of several different ethical theories. Throughout this course so far we have talked about Cultural Relativism, Subjectivism, Divine Command Theory, Ethical Egoism, and Social Contract. Each of these theories has their own unique takes on what a person’s morals should be based off and how they are perceived. One theory that stems from morality is known as Cultural…

When a person has some physical deformity, it is generally safe to assume that said deformity is just what it appears to be, and has no deeper symbolic meaning. In the book, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, author, Thomas C. Foster explains the idea that in literature, physical deformities most likely have a more symbolic meaning. Several characters in the novel, Brave New World, exhibit this common pattern in literature; their physical imperfections refer to their characters overall,…

slang terms (Weinberg). The language can be hard to pick up easily because the words can be long and hard to pronounce, with complicated definitions to coincide with that. A few examples of these words would be gender non-binary (gender related), polyamory (sexual related), and asexual (sexual related), these are just a few identities out of the hundreds of combined identities. Within these categories you can have subcategories as well, such as a subcategory of gender non-binary would be…

In 1903, British philosopher G.E. Moore wrote the groundbreaking work Principia Ethica. Moore applied logic to ethics and promoted the ideals of friendship and love towards others, as well as aesthetic enjoyments. Moore’s work and philosophy was believed to have inspired members of the Bloomsbury Group. This philosophy freed them from the materialistic, utilitarian, and morality of the Victorian era to their more desired, idealistic and logical philosophy. John Maynard Keynes stated, "It was…

Marriage Equality is A Pursuit of Happiness It started with a call in the office. The caller told them that their partner was in the hospital in a grave condition. Anxiety whelmed and the worried partner left their home to see the other. When he arrived at the hospital several nurses asked who he was and what relationship he had with the endangered partner. Letting the nurses know who he was and his relationship to the patient the nurses frowned, and told him that he could visit at another time…

that most cultures are in fact non-monogamous (Schmitt, 2005). Consensual non-monogamous relationships in humans are typically classified in one of three categories: swinging (engaging in extradyadic sex with the other partner also in attendance), polyamory (engaging in romantic or sexual relationships with more than one partner), and open relationships (in which each partner independently pursues sexual relationships with another sexual partner) (Jenks, 1998; Klesse, 2006). Although…

Reasons for Choosing Social Work Playing dress up as a child is supposed to be fun. Children pretend to be things they want to be; including adults; without ever mulling over what adults do. Adults work, get paid, do adult things. Children may not know what any of this really means, but to them, adults may seem to have more freedoms than they do. While many limitations placed on children are protective, many adults use those limitations to abuse children. Abuse was not something unfamiliar at…

The World State in Brave New World is similar to the Reservation because they both create an environment where an inhabitant must conform to their many rules and rituals. This is explored in Brave New World by the sex habits of both societies, the strange and sometimes harmful ceremonies performed by the two societies, the unfriendly tone these places have towards newcomers who still follow rules set by the other society. In Brave New World, the Reservation and the World State have sex…

In the epilogue of Michael Bronksi’s A Queer History of the United States (2011), Bonski asserts that the recent battle for marriage equality may in fact undermine the LGBT movement’s original intention to “fight to eliminate or limit the state’s involvement in consensual relationships” by insisting that it forces queer people take on the classic American lie: we are “just like you” (pp. 240, 241). Implicit in this claim is the belief that most queer people are not interested in establishing…