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I know for a fact that incest is wrong for many reasons. But looking into it, made me think of a few things: Offsprings from Incestious relationships have a higher or guarantee chance of birth defects. But what could be worse?
The fact that relationships with blood-relatives is morally wrong, or is it because you cannot have healthy children?
Ok, so first of all, how is it "morally wrong"?
By whose standards? It's not a fact.
The most common first degree incest usually involves siblings that had grown separately and met in adulthood, in which case, they have no previous connection that would make their relationship psychologically similar to that of true siblings who grew up together. For that same reason, you don't see many couples form in families with multiple foster children, because while not being related by blood, they see each other as family.
But if a pair of siblings who grew up together want to get it on, who are you, me or anyone else to tell them otherwise? It's their lives.
I do have a problem with child/parent incest though, because you can't really be sure where parental control ends and informed consent begins.
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If having healthy children wasn't an issue, would the fact that incestuous relationships would intensify the immorality of the taboo?
I'm not following.
If you're asking that people will be more accepting if the birth defect issue didn't exist - I doubt that.
I think it's just an excuse. People like to come up with reasons for things that make them uncomfortable.
And the birth defect is a pretty silly argument, especially at this day and age, with all the tests we have available. Or are you going to tell every ethnic group or couple with genetic dispositions to certain ailments not to have children because the risks are higher? I doubt that.
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If there was a virus that spread across the world, causing humans unable to procreate with one another, only to realize that healthy offsprings can be born through incestious means, would humanity really take their chances to go down that path in order to survive?
That's a very unlikely scenario, in my opinion, but yes, I believe they would, especially since artificial insemination is the reality for many couples even today. No actual intercourse if necessary, if that's what worrying you.
Please don't think of this as a lecture, those are mere opinions.
But I'd advise you to step off the moral tree you think you stand on, because morals are but man made and prone to fluctuations. =)
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