Ovid
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In some cases I would say that society would be perfectly justified in regulating the sexual behavior of adults, whether they consent or not, given many degenerative affects it has on greater society.
For one the modern notion that everyone has an automatic "right" to have physical relations and procreate is rather nonsensical; in most historical societies which were successful, "adulthood" was not defined by mere physical age, but by demonstration of character and virtue. In some native American tribes for example, a man was only allowed to court a woman if he'd proven his worth in hunt or on the battlefield.
I'd say that society could therefore be justified in requiring a moral competency test for those who wish to engage in sexual relations to make sure they're worthy of it and caring for any potential children that result, they would also have to demonstrate an appreciation of sex and human bonding on a higher level, like that of poets such as Ovid, rather than let low-class individuals who effectively have to "pay" for sex like any mercenary transaction (whether married or not) indulge in it.
The reality would be that many marriages and relationships of course would be declared illegitimate, and many children would have to be removed by the state and placed in the homes of more productive people - since many people aren't morally competent enough , but ideally procreation should be encouraged in the virtuous, and discouraged in the non-virtuous, as this would solve many of the societal problems that modern consumerist society has created, by enabling those not intellectually more morally competent to hold a job at McDonald's to produce life and engage in sexual relationships they aren't capable of aesthetically appreciating.
For one the modern notion that everyone has an automatic "right" to have physical relations and procreate is rather nonsensical; in most historical societies which were successful, "adulthood" was not defined by mere physical age, but by demonstration of character and virtue. In some native American tribes for example, a man was only allowed to court a woman if he'd proven his worth in hunt or on the battlefield.
I'd say that society could therefore be justified in requiring a moral competency test for those who wish to engage in sexual relations to make sure they're worthy of it and caring for any potential children that result, they would also have to demonstrate an appreciation of sex and human bonding on a higher level, like that of poets such as Ovid, rather than let low-class individuals who effectively have to "pay" for sex like any mercenary transaction (whether married or not) indulge in it.
The reality would be that many marriages and relationships of course would be declared illegitimate, and many children would have to be removed by the state and placed in the homes of more productive people - since many people aren't morally competent enough , but ideally procreation should be encouraged in the virtuous, and discouraged in the non-virtuous, as this would solve many of the societal problems that modern consumerist society has created, by enabling those not intellectually more morally competent to hold a job at McDonald's to produce life and engage in sexual relationships they aren't capable of aesthetically appreciating.