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RELIGION, SEX, AND PUBLIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE

RELIGION, SEX, AND PUBLIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE. THE CARE, FEEDING, AND NURTURE OF PUBLIC CIVIL MORALITY & DISCUSSION. RELFECTIONS .

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RELIGION, SEX, AND PUBLIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE

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  1. RELIGION, SEX, AND PUBLIC ETHICAL DISCOURSE THE CARE, FEEDING, AND NURTURE OF PUBLIC CIVIL MORALITY & DISCUSSION

  2. RELFECTIONS • “Sex, a great and mysterious motive force in human life, has indisputably been a subject of absorbing interest to mankind through the ages; it is one of the vital problems of human interest and public concern.” • “Religion divides people from each other. .” • “GOD BRINGS US TOGETHER”

  3. DEFINITIONS: • RELIGION, RELIGIOUS, RELIGIOSITY • SEX, SEXUAL, SEXUALITY • MORALITY, MORAL, MORALISTIC, MORALS • [GENDER]

  4. SOURCES OF MORALITY • THEOLOGY/RELIGION • PHILOSOPHY • SOCIO-ECONOMICS • FORMULAE FOR HUMAN SELF-WORTH/SELF-ESTEEM

  5. BACKGROUND & “THEIRSTORY” • HEBRAIC-JUDAIC ANTECEDENTS • THE EDICT • TRANSNATIONAL MORALITY & RELIGION • EASTERN SCHISM • REFORMATION & MORE FRAGMENTATION • ENLIGHTENMENT • SECULARIZATION OF WESTERN LIFE • “PURITANIZING” OF CIVIL/CIVIC LAW/MORALITY

  6. PURPOSES & EFFECTS I • SOCIAL PURPOSES: • POPULATION GROWTH— • MORE CONSTITUTENTS? • MORE “’SOULS’ TO SAVE”? • US v. THEM? • SELF-WORTH/ESTEEM OF “PRACTICTIONERS”? • SELF-WORTH/ESTEEM OF “THE AUDIENCE”? • EXERCISE OF SECULAR POWER • “TRUTH”– “BELIEF” • “FACT”– “PROOF” • “FAITH”

  7. PURPOSES & EFFECTS II • PROTECTION OF WOMEN’S PREROGATIVES AND AUTONOMY • INDIVIDUAL AS MORAL AGENT • MAINTENANCE OF THE SEPARATION OF THE SECULAR AND THE RELIGIOUS • LIMITS ON SOCIETY’S ROLE IN “THE PRIVATE”/INTIMATE SPHERE • PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY/DECISION-MAKING

  8. TERMS OF DEBATE & DISCOURSE • CLAIMS OF AUTHORITY • “SECULAR EFFECTS”– INTENDED EFFECTS AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES • ABSOLUTIST RHETORIC VS. ACTUALITIES • TOLERATION

  9. CURIOUS PERMUTATIONS & COMBINATIONS • SMITHIAN SOCIO-ECONOMICS WITH CHRISTIAN SEXUAL MORES • BUT, IF SMITH IS GOOD FOR “PRO”-DUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION, WHY NOT FOR “REPRO”-DUCTION?? • CONSIDER THE 1ST 4 BOOKS OF THE HEBRAIC-JUDAIC-CHRISTIAN BIBLE [FIRST AMENDMENT ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE DISCLAIMER] - PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, WELFARE, & MORALS CODE

  10. ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE & DISCOURSE I: MORE “THEIRSTORY” • PROBLEMS OF SPIRITUAL/PERSONAL MEANING; SEEMING EMPTINESS OF THE MATERIAL— A SENSE OF NEEDING MORE • “THE GREAT AWAKENINGS”

  11. ROLE OF RELIGION IN PUBLIC LIFE & DISCOURSE II: COMFORT ZONE OF THE FAMILIAR AND DOCTRINAL & PRINT CONTROL • PRE-REFORMATION CHURCH MONOPOLY ON THE PRINTED WORD- - & KNOWLEDGE. • REFORMATION+GUTENBERG= REVOLUTION & INDIVIDUAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE • DOES DIGITALIZATION+CLOSED CODING=NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR ENFORCING INFO./KNOWLEDGE MONOPOLIES? • WHAT OF BROADCAST TECHNOLOGIES? • MEDIA EMPIRES? FEWER AND FEWER OUTLETS OF KNOWLEDGE & INFORMATION?

  12. THE FUTURE I? • MERGER OF ABSOLUTIST RHETORIC & PERSUASIVE APPEALS WITH “QUANTUM ELECTORAL REPRESENTATIVE dEMOCRATIC EVENTS” IN A DIVERSE WORLD • ABSOLUTIST APPEALS, NOT ABSOLUTIST APPLICATIONS

  13. THE FUTURE II? • “THE NATURAL” “UN-NATURAL” “CONVENTIONAL” • TREATMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES– CLONING, et al. [SEE “SPEAKING OF FAITH” PROGRAM, 6 MARCH]

  14. THE FUTURE III? • DOES “RELIGION”=“MORALS”? • “SEX”= “PRO-CREATION”/ REPRODUCTION? • “---”= MATING? • “---”= SOCIAL ORGANIZATION? • “---”= SOCIAL ROLE? • “---”= ????? [FUN?]

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