The Perverted Faculty Argument Is Still Sound

John Skalko
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In a 2019 article and a 2022 article published in this journal, Melissa Moschella argues that new natural law (NNL) sexual ethics is sound and that old natural law sexual ethics fails. In her view, all non-reproductive type sexual acts are morally wrong because they are both contrary to the basic good of marriage and involve degrading the body as a mere instrument for pleasure. She also critiques the perverted faculty argument (PFA) as found within the work of Edward Feser as unsound. Here I argue that a proper understanding of the PFA as found within the writings of Thomas Aquinas easily avoids her objections and that the argument of Thomas has a distinct advantage over the pleasure argument insofar as it can ground the badness of such actions universally
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变态教员的论点仍然站得住脚
在2019年和2022年发表在本刊上的一篇文章中,梅丽莎·莫舍拉(Melissa Moschella)认为,新的自然法(NNL)性伦理是健全的,而旧的自然法性伦理是失败的。在她看来,所有非生殖类型的性行为在道德上都是错误的,因为它们既违背了婚姻的基本利益,又把身体贬低为仅仅是享乐的工具。她还批评了在爱德华·费瑟的作品中发现的变态教员论证(PFA)是不健全的。在这里,我认为,在托马斯·阿奎那的作品中,对PFA的正确理解很容易避免她的反对,托马斯的论点比快乐的论点有明显的优势,因为它可以普遍地证明这种行为的坏处
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