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Ustwo · 10-10-2007, 08:44 AM

From what I've seen talking to people about this over the years, is that are two predominate schools of thought.

The first is that you are not responsible for another's morality. If they choose to cheat, YOU are not cheating, so if you want to have sex with them, do it, its not your business.

The other is that if you know they are cheating you are guilty by facilitation. You may not be cheating but you are aiding them in their cheating which is morally wrong. Your actions will be potentially causing pain and suffering to another.

I fall into the second camp. I've never cheated or been cheated on (that I know of) but I'd not want to be involved in that sort of thing. There are limits of course and I'm sure I could invent a situation where having sex with someone cheating was ok, but as a moral compass I'd rather not be involved in that sort of thing.

I think of it like being a gun salesman. If you know the gun you are selling is going to be used to attempt murder and you sell it anyways, you are guilty by facilitating what you knew would be a crime.

10-10-2007, 08:44 AM	#17 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	From what I've seen talking to people about this over the years, is that are two predominate schools of thought. The first is that you are not responsible for another's morality. If they choose to cheat, YOU are not cheating, so if you want to have sex with them, do it, its not your business. The other is that if you know they are cheating you are guilty by facilitation. You may not be cheating but you are aiding them in their cheating which is morally wrong. Your actions will be potentially causing pain and suffering to another. I fall into the second camp. I've never cheated or been cheated on (that I know of) but I'd not want to be involved in that sort of thing. There are limits of course and I'm sure I could invent a situation where having sex with someone cheating was ok, but as a moral compass I'd rather not be involved in that sort of thing. I think of it like being a gun salesman. If you know the gun you are selling is going to be used to attempt murder and you sell it anyways, you are guilty by facilitating what you knew would be a crime. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.