(November 24, 2018 at 9:48 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: Should incest between consenting adults be a crime?
This came up in my reading and seemed like a good topic. I haven't formed any conclusions one way or another, but would like to solicit opinions. The article notes that there are places where it is not a crime. Should it be illegal? Even if it were not illegal, would you consider it immoral? Why or why not?
There is an evolutionary reason we don't fuck family members closely genetically related. It is still a "EWE" factor for most humans.
In many species, while incest does occur related species give off chemical scents that denote relationship. But in the reality of biological consequences of a relationship between genetically related species in a group, it will not always end up in something fucked up if an offspring is produced within a related group.
But no, sorry, I hate this argument because once we point out that reality, the theist will claim atheists are for no rules and public orgies. The irony with the mythologies of Abraham are stark, in that of the Adam and Eve mythology, and especially the limited gene pool of the one family left over with the flood mythology.
In scientific reality, a sexual encounter between related family in any given species will not always end up in something fucked up. But the reality is also in evolution that diversity is a majority goal. Evolution would not work if there were no shuffling of Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, and Cytosine.
