year 2019: Why is it wrong for a mother to marry her son?

[kolose_49]

(Posted via reddit but no replies yet, a friend suggested i try loveshack)

 

I (M20) have an ethics professor who I believe just likes an uncomfortable atmosphere in the lecture hall; that or anything can be gotten away with as a lesson in an ethics class.

 

We're to put together a 3 page report on the subject title, and I'm not sure where to begin. Would like to know your thoughts:

 

Qn:

 

The law has been rewritten to accommodate all form of acceptance e.g. gay (Lesbian/Homosexual) relationships. Ethics, religion, any-form-of-moral-standing and culture have been thrown out the window and flagged as unnecessary.

 

Birth control is at a high from vasectomies and pills to various chemical options. And for those that really want offspring, donor sperm and eggs can make up the other 50% in fertilisation.

 

So, why would it be wrong for a mother to marry her son? Or for that matter, a father to marry his daughter or a sister and brother to get married? - yes, if it's not clear, marriage as a sexual relationship.

 

PS: Posted under relationships because I'm more curious about the real world/community reaction angle, than paradoxical ethical reasoning. However, all insights are welcome.

[stillafool]

Why is it wrong for a mother to marry her son?

 

Well besides the fact that it is incest if they have children together there is a high possibility of birth defects.

[amaysngrace]

It’s codependency in its purest form so the risk of it being emotionally destructive is high.

[Springsummer]

Like human don't eat ****? if you do, you should live in another planet.

[d0nnivain]

When your professor handed out this research assignment the professor expected scholarly research not posts on internet message boards.

 

Try researching in the following locations:

 

* ethics books & papers

 

* laws, particularly the legislative intent behind any law regulating this subject; a good librarian in any good government document depository library can help you

 

* religious treatises

 

* reading Oedipus Rex by Sophocles