RELG 203: EXAM II Prep

As defined in the lectures, what is the unitive view of sex? And what are two different variations of it?

Unitive View of Sex- sex is an intimate way of showing love

1. Path A: Conservative- (C.S. Lewis):

   • sexual intercourse is only for married individuals

   • thought process is if people love one another to have sex, then they can wait cause of love.

2. Path B: Liberal- (Soto & Ellison):

   • Belief that there are various degrees of sexual involvement, including sex, is okay as long as it is in a committed relationship outside of marriage

As noted in the lectures and illustrated by a diagram sketched out on the white board, what are three different schools of thought with respect to the question of when an individual human life begins? Identify and briefly describe each of them.

Genetic-

• Human life begins at conception when the genetic code is determined

Developmental-

• Human life begins over a certain period, incremental, “middle ground”

Tissue-

• The fertilized egg, embryo, and sperm are simply living tissue until a certain threshold has passed, which is personal view

In the spring break documentary, two students were arrested. Why were they arrested? And what happened to them?

They were arrested for sexual assault (rape of a intoxicated women). They were sent to prison for a couple years.

What does the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) say about the morality of abortion in their social statement on abortion?

• That it should only be used as a last resort

• It is a sin.

• There is still hospitality to those that have had abortions and considering abortions

Based on research that she has done, what does Donna Freitas say is the impact of the hookup culture?

She believes that the hookup culture and separating sex from feelings and love doesn’t contribute to well-being and personal growth/development

As noted in the lectures, per capita abortions

today (abortions per thousand women):

(a) are nearly twice what they were forty years ago

(b) are about the same as they were forty years ago

(c) are roughly half of what they were forty years

ago

(d) none of the above

(c) are roughly half of what they were forty years

ago

As noted in the lectures, quickening refers to:

(a) the time that the genetic code (genotype) is

formed

(b) birth

(c) the time when brain activity is first discernible

(d) none of the above

(d) none of the above

What is Quickening?

period when the pregnant women can feel the fetus moving in the womb (traditionally was assumed to be the beginning of life)

As noted in the lectures, the hookup culture:

(a) Attempts to separate feelings related to sexual activity from the physical aspects of sexual activity

(b) is illegal in most states

(c) is not present on the campus of Augustana

College

(d) none of the above

(a) Attempts to separate feelings related to sexual activity from the physical aspects of sexual activity

In “Beyond the Politics of Life and Choice”, two

close friends became pregnant at about the same time.

Prenatal testing determined that the fetus that one of the

women was carrying had some significant genetically

linked problems. She decided to:

(a) abort the fetus

(b) carry the fetus to term knowing that the baby to be born was not likely to live very long

(c) ignore the situation

(d) none of the above

(b) carry the fetus to term knowing that the baby to be born was not likely to live very long

In “The Church and Marriage: Looking for a New

Ethic,” Jean Ponder Soto suggests that:

(a) sex need not be reserved for marriage

(b) the unitive function of sex may be separated from the procreative function

(c) some same-sex couples provide a morally-praiseworthy example for heterosexual couples

(d) all of the above

(d) all of the above

In “Losing Our Promiscuity,” Paula Reinhardt

suggests that:

(a) Teenagers are hurting themselves by having sex before they are ready for it

(b) Being sexually active is part of a healthy lifestyle for teenagers

(c) lifelong celibacy is the best sexual ethic

(d) none of the above

(a) Teenagers are hurting themselves by having sex before they are ready for it

In “Fetal Status: Sources and Implications,”

Thomas A. Shannon suggests that the earliest that it

makes sense to suggest that the life of an individual

human being is present is:

(a) conception

(b) quickening

(c) birth

(d) none of the above

(d) none of the above

Shannon suggest that twinning passes

In the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, the U.S.

Supreme Court:

(a) affirmed the Roe v. Wade decision

(b) ruled that the question of regulating abortion should be left to the states, rather than addressed on the federal level

(c) stated that abortion at all stages of the pregnancy is unconstitutional

(d) none of the above

(b) ruled that the question of regulating abortion should be left to the states, rather than addressed on the federal level

Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13

Men should not “lie” with a man as he does a woman, and if he does so, then it is an “abomination.”

Mere Christianity - C.S Lewis

traditional view of sex

be married

basically the view of the catholic church

Soto

• unitive view of sex

• sex isn’t about whether or not you’re married but about the relationship

• Ethic of Human Decency