Monday, May 7, 2007

Ethics of Porn Watching

Neil the Ethical Werewolf posts a summation of the interesting “Great Porn Conversation” that’s been taking place on Ezra Klein’s site recently. He concludes with an appeal to principled consistency:

As a utilitarian and a generally compassionate person, it strikes me as terribly wrong that any woman in porn faces social disapproval for actions that caused no harm and only pleasure to others. We should all do what we can to bring about a time when this stigma is erased. Those of us who, in times of loneliness, have relied on porn for our primary means of sexual release have particularly strong obligations in this regard. We should oppose those who condemn the women of porn and sexually active women generally, and never engage in similar condemnatory behavior ourselves. It's unmanly, ungrateful, and immoral to bite the hand that you wank to.

It’s the least you can do.

2 comments:

Hollywood Dreams said...

So if I'm reading story porn and using my imagination, do I praise myself?

CHRISTOPHER said...

No, no. You only praise yourself if you're actually writing the story porn.