Did I issue a negative value judgement? I think not, I simply stated that from a biological and evolutionary point of view, homosexual sex is a (yep, I’m gonna use the word!) corruption of the intent of the process. That does not mean much beyond what I said. In other words, my argument can be summed as following:
1. Sexual intercourse is intended for reproduction
2. Homosexual intercourse fails to do this
3. Therefore, it is a corruption of the original intent.
It is up to humans, who have freewill, to decide if that makes homosexual sex immoral. As a Catholic, I know where I stand. As a practicing homosexual, I know where you stand.…
In fact, I am really failing to see any kind of value judgment in what I said. A value judgement is defined by Webster’s Online Dictionary as “An assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed.” Wikipedia offers a more indepth view of the subject here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_judgement
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Let’s examine the word I used that you don’t seem to like, corruption. Corruption is defined in a number of ways. Notably, it can be used to mean a breakdown from an original state or purpose. No value judgement there and you know it.
You deny that the word “corruption” carries a value judgement? I don’t think you understand the meaning of the word:
Corruption:
- the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt.
- moral perversion; depravity.
- perversion of integrity.
- corrupt or dishonest proceedings.
- bribery.
- debasement, as of language or a text.
- a debased form of a word.
- putrefactive decay; rottenness.
- any corrupting influence or agency.
And if you look at the root word there:
Corrupt:
–adjective 1. guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
2. debased in character; depraved; perverted; wicked; evil: a corrupt society.
3. made inferior by errors or alterations, as a text.
4. infected; tainted.
5. decayed; putrid.
–verb (used with object) 6. to destroy the integrity of; cause to be dishonest, disloyal, etc., esp. by bribery.
7. to lower morally; pervert: to corrupt youth.
8. to alter (a language, text, etc.) for the worse; debase.
9. to mar; spoil.
10. to infect; taint.
11. to make putrid or putrescent.
12. English Law. to subject (an attainted person) to corruption of blood.
Do you still honestly suggest that the word “corrupt” doesn’t carry a negative value judgement?
Every single defination of the word carries a negative value judgement; hence, when you use it in the sentence “Therefore, homosexual acts are a corruption of the original intent,” you imply that they are a
negative changes by the very word.
But, in your last post, you seemed to move away from using this defination, which is good:
Given this, you can see that I have left the “value judgement” of the issue to the reader. I have not said, “therefore, homosexuality is wrong.” I have only said it fails to follow the original intent of the biological nature of sex. Whether that is good or bad, that is, the “value” of it, is up to each person to make.
Fair enough.
