Interesting incest question...

[Xen]

Why because it makes you uncomfortable?

more or less, because banging your sister weather you know it or not is gross, and I had always thought that was more or less a universal thing.

 

[~Corsair#01~]

I don't have any real problem with either.

 

[CoolioVonHoolio]

#2 is worse because adopted syblings marrying is like 2 best friends marrying.
in 2 they are still related...

 

[Birdjaguar]

more or less, because banging your sister weather you know it or not is gross, and I had always thought that was more or less a universal thing.

But if you don't know she's your sister, it won't be gross. Neither is immoral; either could cause you social problems if the truth was known publically.

 

[sysyphus]

I voted 2, the ill effects on a child born out of that situation are too severe to condone.

As for #1, I don't see how it has any negative impact on anyone else, so I can't justify any moral objection.

So when do the Marcia/Greg jokes start?

 

[Syterion]

First thing, incest should be legal. Second, I picked the first because they knew each other all their lives as asexual creatures and then puberty hits and they suddenly see each other as attractive? That's wierd.

 

[GenMarshall]

Both are equaly immoral. A brother/sister should not sleep with another brother/sister. Regardless if they are blood relative or adopted.

The second scenario would need to be illegal since inbreading is immoral and will cause abnormal genetic defects in the future.

 

[denyd]

How about the one where you're 25 and marry an 38 year old woman. At the wedding your 47 year old day meets your wife's 19 year old daughter. They fall in love and get married. That means your mom and daughter are the same person. Check out Ron Woods (Rolling Stones) for a real life example of above scenario.

 

[Speedo]

I honestly don't see much problem with either. There is no substantial moral or scientific reason to forbid incest.

Btw, I know (well, knew) a couple who fell into the 2nd category.

 

[Xen]

But if you don't know she's your sister, it won't be gross. Neither is immoral; either could cause you social problems if the truth was known publically.

1)if you learn the fact later, I'm willing to bet your going to be rather grossed out.
2)while I consider it immoral, apperentlly, not everyone dose; that dosoent stop it from being weird and gross. weird by what definition? natures definition, dammit, thiere is no higher universal athority
3)blood i sblood. you dont go around screwing your own blood relations, or perhaps you envy ye olde Edipus if you dont know it, then its forgivable, but know it or not, its still somthing you werent meant to be doing in the natural scheme of things.

 

[Pikachu]

Neither is immoral.

The poll needs an option saying: “biological siblings who've lived together their entire life marrying is not immoral”

If two people fall in love with each other, social taboos and genetic studies should be irrelevant. Nobody can judge other people’s love!

And the genetic problems are insignificant unless incest is practiced through many generations. Since siblings rarely fall in love with each other, that will not happen in societies where people marry for love, so genetic degeneration is not a problem. Besides, overrated genetic issues are totally irrelevant to marriages, and can only possibly be used against incest breeding. Marriages don’t have to include children, remember?

 

[Masquerouge]

1)if you learn the fact later, I'm willing to bet your going to be rather grossed out.
2)while I consider it immoral, apperentlly, not everyone dose; that dosoent stop it from being weird and gross. weird by what definition? natures definition, dammit, thiere is no higher universal athority
3)blood i sblood. you dont go around screwing your own blood relations, or perhaps you envy ye olde Edipus if you dont know it, then its forgivable, but know it or not, its still somthing you werent meant to be doing in the natural scheme of things.

Once again, define gross, and define a blood relation. How far does it have to be for you to be ok with it ? Cousins ? 2nd degree cousin ?

 

[Elrohir]

Assuming in 2 they both know they are related (As opposed to finding out later, which would be really bizarre) then I think they are both disgusting, with 2 probably being a little worse.

 

[Birdjaguar]

1)if you learn the fact later, I'm willing to bet your going to be rather grossed out.
2)while I consider it immoral, apperentlly, not everyone dose; that dosoent stop it from being weird and gross. weird by what definition? natures definition, dammit, thiere is no higher universal athority
3)blood i sblood. you dont go around screwing your own blood relations, or perhaps you envy ye olde Edipus if you dont know it, then its forgivable, but know it or not, its still somthing you werent meant to be doing in the natural scheme of things.

Yes to find out later would be strange. Weird and gross is not immoral. Brother sister sex can have bad genetic juju. And currently it is certainly out of fashion. None the less, it is not immoral.

 

[cgannon64]

If two people fall in love with each other, social taboos and genetic studies should be irrelevant. Nobody can judge other people’s love!

What if a boy wants to marry his father? (Make the boy 18 in the hypothetical, if you wish.)

A sibling-sibling relationship is, at least to me, only marginally less disturbing than a parent-child relationship. Both are perverting a role that should never be sexual.

 

[newfangle]

I find them to be equally un-immoral.

 

[Shaihulud]

If two people fall in love with each other, social taboos and genetic studies should be irrelevant. Nobody can judge other people’s love!

If this happens, i vote that we neuter both couple to prevent any unfortunate children from this union, they can still marry if they want. I happen to know a couple who married closely within the family (cousins in this case) all their children suffered from medical problems later in life and had some physical or mental defects. They had been doing this for 2 generations, I think siblings may be even worst. I find scenario 1 only abit icky, but scenario 2 is worse by far.

 

[Atlas14]

2 is most immoral, and 1 is odd, but acceptable. I can't say what I'd do in situation 1 exactly, if I were there. If my adoptive sister was the hottest girl ever, and she happened to like me, I would most likely like her back. Situation 2 is just gross due to incest.

 

[Gr3yL3gion]

Both are morally acceptable. Heck, I even agree in case 2 if they know they are siblings and decided to get married.

Well, where is Pikachu to defend this case?

 

[Atlas14]

If two people fall in love with each other, social taboos and genetic studies should be irrelevant. Nobody can judge other people’s love!

This is one of the most perverted assertions I have ever heard, or at least what your statement implies. I know you are just trying to be open-minded, but I would suggest thinking about what you wrote. Any normal person finds even the idea of having sexual relations with their biological sibling repulsive. This is one of the few situations where society does know what is best for you, and should guide you in the moral direction. Being open-minded about everything is relatively easy to do, but drawing the line between what is right and wrong takes more skill.