Marital Willing (Chapter 4, Ethical Sex)

In Ethical Sex: Sexual Choices and their Nature and Meaning. South Bend: Fidelity. pp. 127-277 (2016)
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Abstract

Conditional willing of morally impermissible actions like adultery tells us something about the moral agent, as does the liability to will such actions in certain unrealised contingencies. However, I argue, a liability to will wrongful actions in some circumstances need not (though it might) affect the moral permissibility of the act intended here and now e.g. terms of going through a marriage ceremony or enjoying sexual acts with one's spouse. This chapter explores the issue of conditional, preparatory or contingent intentions of spouses with critical reference to work of John Finnis in this area.

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Anthony McCarthy
International Theological Institute

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