Morality covers a much wider playing field than just sexuality, so should immorality ---a lacking of Virtue. Dishonesty. Unethical. Indecent.Originally Posted by consummate_fritterer
Dishonest and unethical especially fit well with this
" misleading viewers into accepting an expectation of Virtual Photoshopped Reality of sex"
The Virtue of Prudence, which is seeing things the way they are in order to act appropriately also fits well.
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
I imagine this is a rhetorical suggestion that there are no absolutes, that people can disagree about it...
Sure, some situations are morally ambiguous... 10 people in a 8 person boat that'll sink, who goes over the side?
But, a "definition" is -by it's nature- limited and hard to apply. It's why laws require courts and juries.
And if you're trying to suggest there are no "morals", or that we cannot agree upon them,
I think that is incorrect, and I doubt I would be alone. Try: "Be decent to one another,"
and then see how a given behavior in question stands up to that simple "standard."
I believe the US Supreme Court once stated in regards to pornography, "They'll know it when they see it", or other verbiage to that effect. It's in the eyes, hearts and minds of the beholder.
It was a Supreme Court justice and he said "I know it when I see it.".
I'm sure that's correct. The point is, only we as individuals can make that determination. However, there's a point at which most of us can it agree that it crosses over to abuse. However, there are laws in place that set those points fairly clearly. It's just this side of breaking law that we often disagree with each other. Some believe showing bare ankles is immoral. Pardon me folks, while I completely cover my face. I wouldn't want to get the ladies too excited by 'exposing' my very manly scruffy beard.
Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, 1964
I know just enough to be dangerous !
What about the gents that would get excited by such things?! Do they need protection too? ;-)
Intent, lad. It's intent that needs consideration here.
Look at the ads for the more raunchy strip clubs. What is their intention? What is their promise?
"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority"---EB White
This is the crux of the issue, not philosophical discussions of morality or obscenity. As photographers, the issue reduces to whether the images we post impact the way men treat women in the general society.
It depends on what offends them. They can overt their eyes if I 'flash' my very sexy beard.
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