Achilles Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 At what point does the liberty of the individual supersede the needs to protect society? At the point we can muster a moral argument to do so. I am in no way arguing that individual rights should supersede everything else. The problem with polygamy here in the US (and in a number of other cultures) is that it does not always involve consenting adults--it involves an adult male and one or more female minors. There have been a number of these cases, and appears to happen with some frequency as noted in some of the studies cited above. And? Clearly this wouldn't be marriage between consenting adults and therefore immoral. I am searching on morality of polygamy from a non-religious point of view, and I'm either a. not looking in the right spot or b. there's not a whole lot out there that's satisfactory (though I've found a few books). I certainly can find all sorts of things in the religious fields. That doesn't surprise me considering that most of the arguments against polygamy are based on religious values rather than moral objections. Your best bet if you are looking to dig further would be to do some general reading on moral philosophy and then form your own arguments with what you learn. I hope that helps. Thanks for your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoiuyWired Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 And? Clearly this wouldn't be marriage between consenting adults and therefore immoral. QFE. So the problem here is non-consenting marriage and not polygamy it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 Well, that's what the Jeffs trial is about, yes. He was convicted of contributing to statutory rape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Well, that's what the Jeffs trial is about, yes. He was convicted of contributing to statutory rape. I think this is the 2nd post in this thread that actually attempts to deal with the Jeffs trial (the other one being the first) I don't think any rational person would argue that Jeffs' actions were moral. That's a very different matter than polygamy in general though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jae Onasi Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 I know. The thread just went off on a somewhat different track than what I expected, but that's OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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