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Eros en seksuele natuur
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap | Vol 58, No 4 | a721 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/koers.v58i4.721
| © 1993 M. F. Heyns
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 25 January 1993 | Published: 25 January 1993
Submitted: 25 January 1993 | Published: 25 January 1993
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M. F. Heyns, Departement Filosofie Potchefstroomse Universiteit vir CHO Potchefstroom, South AfricaFull Text:
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The aim of this article is to expose a dichotomy between the inter- and intrapersonal aspects of sexuality that haunt the current discourse on sexual normality. This division has led to a dual movement: in one direction to a moral relativism and in the other to an exclusive focus on sexual instincts. Thus, in the current discourse on sexuality, the interpersonal dimension o f sexuality is underplayed, while the intrapersonal dimension is overemphasized. I argue instead for a bridging of the gap between the inter- and intrapersonal dimensions of sexuality. The reason: neither moral relativism nor a rigid deterministic structure for sexual instincts represents an adequate view of, on the one hand the description of sexuality, and on the other the prescription o f the expression of that sexuality. In conclusion, I point to a few consequenses o f the integration o f both dimensions for sexual normality.
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