Summa Made Simple Ep 46: On Fornication And The“We’re Not Hurting Anyone” Argument
Click here to become a paying subscriber.“If two consenting adults want to have sex, and they’re not hurting anyone, what’s the problem?”It’s one of the most familiar objections to the traditional Christian view of fornication. Aquinas’s answer takes the argument somewhere unexpected: look at the child.A human child needs far more than food, shelter, and schooling. Children need years of guidance, example, imitation, discipline, protection, and formation. And that raises a question Aquinas thinks we can’t simply ignore: what responsibilities do we have toward the person our actions may bring…
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