ethics of watching pornography

[mmak]

Is it ethical for med students/doctors to watch pornography and generally do they?

Do they ever.

 

[drremy88]

How is porn watching different from any other activity?

I'm considering starting a thread called 'ethics of golf', because the act of hitting a small, defenseless object with a long cane for pleasure is highly violent and may alter the doctor's professional behaviour.

Also, it's highly demeaning to spherical objects, and may lead to the doctor treating all spherical anatomy without respect.

BOOM!

 

[Havox]

Doctors are meant to be patient oriented. I know there a lots of factors involved, but would a patient want to go to a doctor who fantasizes about sexual experiences in such a way? Just a thought.

What a doctor does outside of work hours and which doesn't affect the hospital is none of the patient's bloody business tbh.

 

[Matt]

Well, I would have been talking about watching porn in general, I think we can all agree there's no specific moral requirement on doctors.

 

[n33b]

Saracasm aside, I fail to see how the ethics of watching pornography should be any different from a doctor's perspective than from any other professional's. What makes doctors *so* special that one should consider it immoral to do certain things which would otherwise be moral for other people?

 

[elixir]

Saracasm aside, I fail to see how the ethics of watching pornography should be any different from a doctor's perspective than from any other professional's. What makes doctors *so* special that one should consider it immoral to do certain things which would otherwise be moral for other people?

nothing.

 

[theangelofdarkness]

Watching porn and being addicted to porn are two separate things. I mean, you can drink alcohol occasionally or you can be an alcoholic, and whilst there may only be minor differences between the two, there are differences.

 

[gulls]

I'm not commenting on people's points etc. nor is this a post to provide my own.

I did, however, want to point out and just remind everyone that the person who posted this thread was just curious about everyone's thoughts and was not in fact trying to offend anyone or imply anything. At least, that's how I interpreted it.

And now I'm bowing out of this conversation. Happy discussing people!

 

[miss_universe]

I think this is a silly thread with no real basis. ethic of porn on the other hand (ie the derogatory nature of it if you believe it) could be a discussion. but as long as the doctor in question is professional about ti (ie not watch it at work or talk about it with patients or colleagues) i think it perfectly ethical and legitimate.

 

[chinaski]

I think this is a silly thread with no real basis. ethic of porn on the other hand (ie the derogatory nature of it if you believe it) could be a discussion. but as long as the doctor in question is professional about ti (ie not watch it at work or talk about it with patients or colleagues) i think it perfectly ethical and legitimate.

What's unprofessional about talking about porn to colleagues? Isn't that the whole premise of Nip/Tuck?

 

[miss_universe]

What's unprofessional about talking about porn to colleagues? Isn't that the whole premise of Nip/Tuck?

In a professional setting such as a clinic, i think it is inappropriate. But as a friend outside your work place, i think it is fine. Nip/Tuck...really? disappointing china XD

 

[chinaski]

In a professional setting such as a clinic, i think it is inappropriate. But as a friend outside your work place, i think it is fine. Nip/Tuck...really? disappointing china XD

Clearly you've never eavesdropped into conversations in clinic between patients, not to mention JMO common rooms. Don't be knocking Nip/Tuck - it's sadly underrated.

 

[l2009]

Don't be knocking Nip/Tuck - it's sadly underrated.

Why do you think it's under-rated? Just curious

 

[shinsengumi]

Doctors can watch porn, Engineers can watch porn, Lawyers can watch porn... any civil professional isn't legally bound to not watch porn - as long as they keep that hobby out of the workplace and professional encounters.

I would be more worried if priests/nuns/religious leaders were into porn. Especially the one's who have taken vows to be celibate.

 

[elixir]

Doctors can watch porn, Engineers can watch porn, Lawyers can watch porn... any civil professional isn't legally bound to not watch porn - as long as they keep that hobby out of the workplace and professional encounters.

I would be more worried if priests/nuns/religious leaders were into porn. Especially the one's who have taken vows to be celibate.

*imagines how much of a contraversy having porn on in the waiting room would cause*

 

[vexx]

This thread is silly, clearly everyone is allowed to do what they please outside of their job, whether it be watch porn or be in porn, it's their own choice.. (perhaps some may feel uncomfortable if their doctor was in porn, but its their own choice i guess)

I would be more worried if priests/nuns/religious leaders were into porn. Especially the one's who have taken vows to be celibate.

Not to try and change the debate, but i'm actually worried about those who take vows to be celibate, since they are denying themselves of human nature only to have them be doing even worse things (ahem, pedophile) from lack of these sort of things, well even if they don't then still. Those vows are ridiculous.

 

[godoftoast]

Not to try and change the debate, but i'm actually worried about those who take vows to be celibate, since they are denying themselves of human nature only to have them be doing even worse things (ahem, pedophile) from lack of these sort of things, well even if they don't then still. Those vows are ridiculous.

It doesn't matter what you think about those vows, you aren't the one thats taking it. Also what makes you conclude that taking a vow of celibacy leads to pedophilia?

 

[vexx]

It doesn't matter what you think about those vows, you aren't the one thats taking it. Also what makes you conclude that taking a vow of celibacy leads to pedophilia?

not a cause-effect, but there is some correlation, think about the number of cases involving priests over ttime.. obviously one cannot deny this happens.. if society was slightly less ignorant of the fact, they would not allow priests to spend countless hours alone with young boys associated with the church.
yuck, this all makes me feel sick.

 

[chinaski]

not a cause-effect, but there is some correlation, think about the number of cases involving priests over ttime.. obviously one cannot deny this happens.. if society was slightly less ignorant of the fact, they would not allow priests to spend countless hours alone with young boys associated with the church.
yuck, this all makes me feel sick.

Or, to play devil's advocate, you can look at it as a chicken/egg thing. Does celibacy encourage priests to prey on children, or do paedophiles selectively pursue lines of work which allows them access to children to abuse (and, in the church's case, an absence of scrutiny and prosecution)? This sort of evil sticks together for its own gain.

 

[godoftoast]

not a cause-effect, but there is some correlation, think about the number of cases involving priests over ttime.. obviously one cannot deny this happens.. if society was slightly less ignorant of the fact, they would not allow priests to spend countless hours alone with young boys associated with the church.
yuck, this all makes me feel sick.

To prove that you would have to compare sexual abuse offences between priests and nonpriests and see if there is a significant difference. Remember that sexual abuse by priests occupy much larger media time than sexual abuse by random person X. So I feel it is unfair to comment on whether there is more or less sexual abuse conducted by priests and whether this is correlated to vows of celibacy without any evidence.