Should prostitution be legal?

I'll simply say, ether way people are going to do it, Legal or not, and fact wise when it comes to certain areas and age groups laws work like reverse-psychology.

Places were its legal to carry a gun - have lower crime rates
USA having the highest drinking age - Teens wanting to go out and drink more over other country's.
Smoking- Teens do it cause its cool and illegal for them to get any of it.

If you tell someone to not do something, chances are you probably just made them want to do it more. Its common knowledge to anyone with common understanding.

unclean foods, but that is not because of the fact that they did it just because

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As far as I'm concerned prostitution is morally subjective. I would not do it, but I don't think that it's morally wrong for someone else. I just prefer not to do it; it's just not for me. I do not believe that it denigrates women or men, anymore than manual labor for small wages denigrates the worker. There is nothing inhumane about casual sex, and I bet you that most legal prostitutes will tell you that they enjoy their job, while most labor workers say that they hate their jobs.

As far as practical matters being incorporated into a religious text, this has little or nothing to do with practicality, than it has to do with self-righteousness. Celibates who attempt to dehumanize, or even demonize casual sex are being tyrannical and self-righteous; it's that misery loves company thing. For example, Saint Augustus got around before he devoted himself to the church, but when he became celibate, he didn't like the idea that everyone else was enjoying physical pleasures, while guilt free; and so he wanted to make them feel guilty. Contrarily, Epicurus, though he was celibate, did not demand that his followers be celibate.

Also, in terms of religious practicality, what about homosexuals? It is a biblical, and therefore Christian tradition to dehumanize and demonize homosexuality, to the point that the Old Testament calls for the stoning of homosexuals. What's ethical, or practical about that?

While I don't believe that legalized prostitution (regulated) is unethical, I do believe that illegal prostitution is very unethical and denigrating, but it is only illegal because the government makes it so. Illegal prostitution is like a form of slavery, not legal prostitution. I believe that regardless of our personal values, we should not standardize values that are completely subjective, and we should not be self-righteous towards people who do not have the same moral subjectives that we do. Like you, I believe that it should be legalized, and regulated to make sure that it is done ethically.

I'll simply say, ether way people are going to do it, Legal or not, and fact wise when it comes to certain areas and age groups laws work like reverse-psychology.

PIf you tell someone to not do something, chances are you probably just made them want to do it more. Its common knowledge to anyone with common understanding.

Well this tells me that you are a religious person, which means that you don't really question that book, because you think it's either the word of God or the word of "holy men". Of course there is a reason for religious law - there's a reason for everything, but that doesn't mean the reason is right or just. The commands to kill homosexuals are not just. It was written into the bible for homophobic reasons. Commands to kill a man who works on the Sabbath are also not just. Commands to execute a person who worships a statue are not just. All of these laws reflect superstition, prejudice, and intolerance.

It is self-righteous to constantly bad mouth people who do have bad eating habits. It is, however, unethical for the state to prohibit the ingestion of unsafe foods, because it violates citizen's rights, and it is a non-coercive act. Some vices are bad enough that they should be outlawed because of the detrimental effect they can have on a society, but the state and society should use persuasion instead of coercion to discourage most vices.

St. Augustine's attitude towards sex has become the attitude of Christianity towards sex. He was promiscuous before he dedicated his life to the church, and many scholars think he was bitter for not being able to enjoy casual sex, or sex at all for that matter. Epicurus was taught by a Platonic teacher, but he was not a Platonist. He developed his own philosophy that was so distinct that it started the movement known as Epicureanism. He was celibate.

The state is concerned with the Christian values of the majority, because they need them to be elected. That is why American politicians kiss Christian ass all of the time. Also, in California the state did not vote on same sex marriage, the Christian, and homophobic majority did; and I agree with Thomas Jefferson when he said that the majority should never be able to vote on the rights of the minority.

The theory that anywhere near 50% of the population will become homosexual and stop procreating with the opposite sex if we legalize homosexual marriage, or at least grant homosexuals equal rights and benefits from the state in cases of civil unions is just homophobic non-sense.

We shouldn't be utilitarian (there are many problems with universal utilitarianism), but instead we should be extropian.

Laws that regulate morality fail miserably.

Laws at the simplest level basically dictate a minimum moral standard of living to the citizens. They do not work perfectly, but that is no reason to abandon the law entirely.

Laws at the simplest level basically dictate a minimum moral standard of living to the citizens. They do not work perfectly, but that is no reason to abandon the law entirely.