>The old morality, which told us that selling the body is incompatible with giving the self, touched on a truth. Sexual feeling is not a sensation that can be turned on and off at will: it is a tribute from one self to another and—at its height— an incandescent revelation of what you are. To treat it as a commodity, that can be bought and sold like any other, is to damage both present self and future other. The condemnation of prostitution was not just puritan bigotry; it was a recognition of a profound truth, which is that you and your body are not two things but one, and by selling the body you harden the soul. And that which is true of prostitution is true of pornography too. It is not a tribute to human beauty but a desecration of it.
Is he right /lit/?
Yeah, I'd agree
>>8408502
But isn't manual labor also selling the body ? and more prestigious careers selling the mind ? How is prostitution more base than either of those ? Your argument is pretentious and it assumes that human beauty has any value beyond the physical, which is baseless. There are billions of people in the world and a single individual has no value beyond what someone will pay.
>>8408534
>Sexual feeling is not a sensation that can be turned on and off at will: it is a tribute from one self to another and—at its height— an incandescent revelation of what you are.
Manual Labour and thinking are not the same.
>>8408534
I find it weird that you're more willing to accept nihilism than inequality
>>8408502
at first glance, I would agree, but then again... it just seems so dogmatic. But Aristotle does too, so...
>To treat it as a commodity, that can be bought and sold like any other, is to damage both present self and future other.
I really agree on that part though
>>8408502
No. You can paint sex in that way and you can also paint her insides in spunk then roll about giggling about the horse noises you made when you blacked out from pleasure.
You can have dinner but whether it is nutriloaf alone in the dark or an 11 course Heston Blumenthal style monstrosity with all your favourite people doesn't always matter, you still have to eat. Moderation doesn't hurt in either case.
The idea of true love is a nice one, but it is only based on our desire to value something, to have something nice. (You don't really gain anything from accepting the truth that love is nothing but hormones in your head, except maybe truth, and you lose something as valuable as love).
In reality nearly everyone masturbates, has dirty thoughts and multiple sex partners in his life.
Tbh I hate the idea of "true love", of finding a partner that fits you.because most women are shallow, dumb bitches whose only value is their beauty, you know it's true
>>8408555
What makes you think I don't accept inequality ?
>>8408555
Jesus christ now that is what I call changing the subject.