"What's wrong with a little brother-sister action?"

[Delta4Embassy]

What s the matter with a little brother sister action Psychology Today

"Fellow "Experiments in Philosophy" blogger Jesse Prinz posted about UVA psychologist Jon Haidt's work on political differences. I want to continue exploring the philosophical implications of Haidt's work by asking whether it's all right for Julie and her brother Mark to have sex.

Here's a scenario drawn from a study Haidt conducted:

"Julie and Mark are brother and sister. They are traveling together in France on summer vacation from college. One night they are staying alone in a cabin near the beach. They decide that it would be interesting and fun if they tried making love. At the very least, it would be a new experience for each of them. Julie was already taking birth control pills, but Mark uses a condom too, just to be safe. They both enjoy making love, but they decide never to do it again. They keep that night as a special secret, which makes them feel even closer to each other. What do you think about that? Was it ok for them to make love?""


Interesting experiment and article. Explanation and meaning to the madness at link.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Related article here about "Game of Thrones" depiction of incest (pointing to the psychtoday one,)
Game of Thrones Is the Lannister s incest immoral

 

[danielpalos]

Just remember, her room, her rules.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

What's wrong with...? Well, this comes to mind,

Absent offspring as with birth control though, there's really no criticism for adult-aged incestuous relationships.

Think about it. Relationships come and go throughout our lives, but family is always family. You may not know where your first ever lover is now, but you'll always know where your siblings are. Devil's Advocate naturally, but compared to other things, all incest is is sex with family members. But who loves us more than our own family? Why then is it "bad" if no geneticly-bizarre children ever come about? Many cultures practice varying degrees of incest. How popular is the British royal family despite generations of incest?

Even religion permits some incest as with Judaism permitting uncle-niece (aunt-nephew,) and first cousins to marry. And once you open that particular door, other than genetic reasons, what reason remains to forbid or denounce it? What if it's just the sex? Not marriage, not making children? But just the logical extension of family-love? Surely no one would claim non-sexual physical affections are incest or bad. Hugging, kissing, cuddling, etc. If that's unremarkable and even encouraged, what's objectively different about recreational sex?