TIMD-IEF Part 6

Ethics of True Love
and Sexuality
© 2002 International Educational Foundation
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if it has not been altered from the original.

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Need for New
Ethic of
Love and
Sexuality
 To curb excesses
of
the sexual
revolution
 To enhance
personal
& marital
fulfillment

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Human Sexuality
Involves Freedom

 Physical  Social
&
 Moral
Instinctu
al

 Physical &
Instinctual
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With Freedom
Comes
Responsibility
Conscien
ce

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With Freedom
Comes
Responsibility
Conscien
ce
Spous
e
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With Freedom
Comes
Responsibility
Conscien
ce
Spous
e
Child

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Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Love

Sex

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Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Sex

Lif
e

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Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Sex

Lineag
e
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Sex — Links the
Deepest
Aspects of One’s
Being
Conscien
ce

Sex

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Protective Knowledge
about Love
 Infatuation vs. maturing
love
 Building a long-lasting
love relationship
 Challenges of a
committed relationship
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Protective Knowledge
about Sexuality
 Non-physical dimensions
of sexual love
 Sex vs. love
 Mental and relational
consequences of
premature sex
 Controlling sexual urges

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Freedom of
Premarital Sexual
Abstinence
 To enjoy youth
 To develop a
healthy,
independent
identity
 To learn social
skills
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Authorities Need to
Represent the Healthy
Standard
Contraceptive
promotion conveys
adult expectation
of unwed youth
having sex

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Abstinence & Fidelity Are
Viable
Objections
addressed
by ethic of true
love
and sexuality
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Abstinence &
Fidelity
Unattainable?
 Upholding this
standard seen as
inviting deception
 Sex outside marriage
seen as common

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Abstinence & Fidelity Are
Viable
 85% of spouses
Source:University of Chicago Survey
faithful

 Majority married as
virgins in past

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Self–Control Is the best
Means
of Birth & Disease–Control
“Encouraging people to
develop self-control just
makes good scientific public
health sense.”
Source: William Roper, MD, Director
of Center for Disease Control

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“Absolute
Sex”
Ethic
 True Love
 One
Lifetime
Spouse

x

“Free Sex”
Ethic
 Self–
Gratification
 Multiple
Sexual
Partners
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New American Commitment
to Pro–Abstinence Sex
Education
U.S. Congress
mandated
$250 million for
abstinence education
in 1997
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Pledge of Abstinence
 Single most
protective
factor
 Feature only of
character–based
education
Source:
Klein, et al., “The National
Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health,”
Journal of the American Medical
Association, September 10, 1997

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