Homosexuality And Homosexuality

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Homosexuality
Homosexuality can be described as a romantic or sexual attraction or act between people of the same gender, and it can also be a term used to refer to a person's sense of identity based on the same attractions or behaviors. Homosexuality is among the three main categories of sexual orientation, alongside heterosexuality and bisexuality, and up to the present day, the scientists have not been able to know the factors that determine the sexual orientation of different people. Some of them, however, guess that sexual orientation of different people is caused by a complex interplay of the hormonal, genetic and environmental influences, and it is not a choice for the people concerned.
Being homosexual does not lean on one gender alone, …show more content…

If homosexual behaviors were to be made a universal law, all the people should, therefore, engage in them, and if this happened, the human race would become extinct because there is no reproduction among homosexuals. The categorical imperative in this case, therefore, assumes that there is a commitment to the overall advantage of humanity, and the homosexual behaviors, in this case, cannot be permitted.
Homosexuality according to Kantian ethics is wrong, and if it were to be applied in the categorical imperative, there would not be an engagement of the hypothetical imperative. The hypothetical imperatives are only focused on doing things so that a person can be successful in a particular activity. The only good practice according to Kant is the one that will keep the human race moving and homosexuality is therefore not a good practice because if the entire world turned to gay and lesbian marriages, It would mean that the human race would come to an end and this is not what God intends for his …show more content…

Homosexuality according to the categorical imperative is not only immoral but also contrary to the existence of humanity, and if he lived in the current world, where homosexuality has been legalized, he would not have anything positive to say about the human race.
Homosexuality only fulfills the desires and lusts of the body, but not the duty that was given to married people of the opposite sex of procreating, and as soon as the desires are gone, nothing comes out of the act. Homosexuality according to Kant is more like not getting married at all, because there are no offspring that would be brought to life in this case. Homosexuality is not bound to bring negative effects to other people, but when put in the universal law context, it is a practice that no human being would want to be involved in.
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