Sexuality and Truth in Harmony
We are often told that great sex requires us to break boundaries and follow our passions wherever they lead. But what if great sex requires us to take account of the moral value of ourselves and others?
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Author: Daniel Frost
Daniel Frost is the Director of Public Scholarship in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. He has a Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University.
Sexuality in the Age of “If It Feels Good, Do It”
The “expressive self” tells us that our feelings are the most important part of who we are. How does this impact our understanding of sex, gender, and marriage?
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The Value-Responsive Self: Authenticity as Alignment With Truth
What if we become who we are by aligning ourselves with truth?
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The Expressive Self: Identity Above Truth
Influential voices tell us that to be yourself, you need to reject external sources of meaning—and follow “your truth.” But detaching authenticity from truth leads to emptiness, not fulfillment.
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If You Want to Love Yourself, Love the Truth
As long as we love ourselves more, so the popular precept goes, our happiness will also grow. Is that really true? Not if our self-love disregards the reality of truth and our need to love that most.
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We Need More Than Sexual Desire to Guide Us
A greater awareness of sexual pleasure is not enough to confront the serious challenges young people face navigating sexuality in America today.
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Consent is Good, But Not Enough
The central focus today on consent is not enough. Without seeing individuals as something more than an object of sexual gratification, people will continue to be hurt and misused.
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