• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 hours ago

    All that complicated logic should in theory apply to all those relationships as well, but it does not.

    It does though.

    Your friends could say they don’t like your partner.

    Your partner could say they don’t like your friends.

    Your partner could love or hate the idea of you fucking one of your friends, etc.

    When you involve sex and/or deep commitment as a partner, like, a life partner… emotions and condiserations get more complex and of greater magnitude.

    So… the more people you are partnered with, the more people there are with strong and complex emotional considerations going all ways.


    But anyway, none of this addresses my original critique:

    You have not demonstrated that broadly, monogamous relationships are unethical, de facto, 100% of the time.

    I don’t think nonmonogamy nor monogamy are inherently, de facto, all the time unethical.

    I just think that nonmonogamy is more difficult to do ethically.

    You said monogamy is unethical.

    Do you still hold this view?

    If so, why, for what reasons?

    • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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      Yes, I still believe that monogamy is inherently unethical, as it involves one partner having the power to concent for their partner. Also it is the norm and state/religious enforced. Some norms are important, but they should at least be questioned rather than accepted uncritically.

      You are free to disagree, but I am happy if at least you honestly questioned it. If you do so and still disagree, then that’s fine.

      no norm should be accepted uncritically.