(July 31, 2019 at 7:22 am)Brian37 Wrote:(July 31, 2019 at 4:39 am)notimportant1234 Wrote: I don't think incest is illegal, I mean it is a taboo but it doesn't really hurt two related persons having consensual intimate relations. The only moral component that we could discuss, is trying to have a child knowing that he has a great chance of beeing born handicapped.
Evolution in all life works better with diversity. And chemically speaking genetically related family actually produce pheromones that are a chemical scent mammals give off noting relationships. And just like other mammals, like elephants and lions, they too seek outside the family. Incest while not physically impossible is not advantageous to spreading genes.
There are even with adults moral and ethical reasons outside evolution we tend to avoid it. But old books of mythology do nothing at all to explain human behavior. Trying to explain human behavior with an old book of mythology, is like trying to explain astrophysics with astrology.
Evolutionary biology, human psychology are better ways of saying why most humans avoid incest.
The evolution argument is largely beside the point, as the issue is incest, not procreation.
The 'old book of mythology' argument is simply wrong, as most mythologies take a pretty relaxed view of incest.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
