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RELIGION, SEX, AND PUBLIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE. THE CARE, FEEDING, AND NURTURE OF PUBLIC CIVIL MORALITY & DISCUSSION. RELFECTIONS. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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RELIGION, SEX, AND PUBLIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE
THE CARE, FEEDING, AND NURTURE OF PUBLIC CIVIL MORALITY & DISCUSSION
RELFECTIONS
• “Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages; it is one of the vital problems of human interest and public concern.”
• “Religion divides people from each other. .”
• “GOD BRINGS US TOGETHER”
DEFINITIONS: DEFINITIONS:
• RELIGION, RELIGIOUS, RELIGIOSITY
• SEX, SEXUAL, SEXUALITY
• MORALITY, MORAL, MORALISTIC, MORALS
• [GENDER]
SOURCES OF MORALITY
• THEOLOGY/RELIGION
• PHILOSOPHY
• SOCIO-ECONOMICS
• FORMULAE FOR HUMAN SELF-WORTH/SELF-ESTEEM
BACKGROUND & BACKGROUND & “THEIRSTORY”“THEIRSTORY”
HEBRAIC-JUDAIC ANTECEDENTSHEBRAIC-JUDAIC ANTECEDENTS THE EDICT THE EDICT
TRANSNATIONAL MORALITY & RELIGIONTRANSNATIONAL MORALITY & RELIGION EASTERN SCHISMEASTERN SCHISM
REFORMATION & MORE FRAGMENTATIONREFORMATION & MORE FRAGMENTATION
ENLIGHTENMENTENLIGHTENMENT
SECULARIZATION OF WESTERN LIFESECULARIZATION OF WESTERN LIFE ““PURITANIZING” OF CIVIL/CIVIC LAW/MORALITYPURITANIZING” OF CIVIL/CIVIC LAW/MORALITY
PURPOSES & EFFECTS I
• SOCIAL PURPOSES: • POPULATION GROWTH—• MORE CONSTITUTENTS?
• MORE “’SOULS’ TO SAVE”?• US v. THEM?
• SELF-WORTH/ESTEEM OF “PRACTICTIONERS”?• SELF-WORTH/ESTEEM OF “THE AUDIENCE”?
• EXERCISE OF SECULAR POWER• “TRUTH”– “BELIEF”• “FACT”– “PROOF”
• “FAITH”
PURPOSES & EFFECTS IIPURPOSES & EFFECTS II
• PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S PREROGATIVES AND AUTONOMYPROTECTION OF WOMEN’S PREROGATIVES AND AUTONOMY
• INDIVIDUAL AS MORAL AGENTINDIVIDUAL AS MORAL AGENT
• MAINTENANCE OF THE SEPARATION OF THE SECULAR AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SEPARATION OF THE SECULAR AND THE RELIGIOUSTHE RELIGIOUS
• LIMITS ON SOCIETY’S ROLE IN “THE PRIVATE”/INTIMATE LIMITS ON SOCIETY’S ROLE IN “THE PRIVATE”/INTIMATE SPHERESPHERE
• PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY/DECISION-MAKINGPROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY/DECISION-MAKING
TERMS OF DEBATE & DISCOURSE CLAIMS OF AUTHORITY
“SECULAR EFFECTS”– INTENDED EFFECTS AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES
ABSOLUTIST RHETORIC VS. ACTUALITIES
TOLERATION
CURIOUS PERMUTATIONS CURIOUS PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS& COMBINATIONS
SMITHIAN SOCIO-ECONOMICS WITH SMITHIAN SOCIO-ECONOMICS WITH CHRISTIAN SEXUAL MORESCHRISTIAN SEXUAL MORES
BUT, IF SMITH IS GOOD FOR “PRO”-BUT, IF SMITH IS GOOD FOR “PRO”-DUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, WHY DUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, WHY NOT FOR “REPRO”-DUCTION??NOT FOR “REPRO”-DUCTION??
CONSIDER THE 1CONSIDER THE 1STST 4 BOOKS OF THE 4 BOOKS OF THE HEBRAIC-JUDAIC-CHRISTIAN BIBLE HEBRAIC-JUDAIC-CHRISTIAN BIBLE [FIRST AMENDMENT ESTABLISHMENT [FIRST AMENDMENT ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE DISCLAIMER] - PUBLIC CLAUSE DISCLAIMER] - PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, & MORALS HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, & MORALS CODECODE
ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC AND ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE & DISCOURSE I: MORE PRIVATE LIFE & DISCOURSE I: MORE
“THEIRSTORY”“THEIRSTORY”
• PROBLEMS OF SPIRITUAL/PERSONAL MEANING; SEEMING EMPTINESS OF THE MATERIAL— A SENSE OF NEEDING MORE
• “THE GREAT AWAKENINGS”
ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE & DISCOURSE II: COMFORT ZONE OF THE FAMILIAR AND DOCTRINAL & PRINT CONTROL
• PRE-REFORMATION CHURCH MONOPOLY ON THE PRINTED WORD- - & KNOWLEDGE.
• REFORMATION+GUTENBERG= REVOLUTION & INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE
• DOES DIGITALIZATION+CLOSED CODING=NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR ENFORCING INFO./KNOWLEDGE MONOPOLIES?
• WHAT OF BROADCAST TECHNOLOGIES?• MEDIA EMPIRES? FEWER AND FEWER OUTLETS OF
KNOWLEDGE & INFORMATION?
THE FUTURE I?
MERGER OF ABSOLUTIST RHETORIC & PERSUASIVE APPEALS WITH “QUANTUM ELECTORAL REPRESENTATIVE dEMOCRATIC EVENTS” IN A DIVERSE WORLD
ABSOLUTIST APPEALS, NOT ABSOLUTIST APPLICATIONS
THE FUTURE II?
• “THE NATURAL” “UN-NATURAL” “CONVENTIONAL”
• TREATMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES– CLONING, et al. [SEE “SPEAKING OF FAITH” PROGRAM, 6 MARCH]
THE FUTURE III?
• DOES “RELIGION”=“MORALS”?
• “SEX”= “PRO-CREATION”/ REPRODUCTION?
• “---”= MATING?• “---”= SOCIAL ORGANIZATION?• “---”= SOCIAL ROLE?• “---”= ????? [FUN?]