(January 6, 2024 at 2:20 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Why ought divorce be rare? When it was rare, it was illegal. Maybe it's just found its natural balance when not prohibited.
Sure, what we have in the divorce rate is the result of its natural balance when not prohibited - that would go with the point or issue.
Regarding your question - technically divorce should be more than just rare, it shouldn't even exist; not for being illegal per se, but because a marriage is supposed to be a vow, to remain in it until death.
In practice, it's about whether or not the institution of marriage is feasible, practical, and successful. In any other situation I can think of, a failure rate as high as 50% would be considered unacceptable or very poor performance, for example a vehicle breaking down in the middle of the road half the time it's used.
If divorces were - say - no more than about 1 out of every million marriages, that's insignificant enough to deem the overall concept of marriage practically successful.
