Analysis Of Richard D. Mohr s Prejudice And...

â€Å"Prejudice and Homosexuality†, by Richard D. Mohr, is an essay about how gays and lesbians are subject to discrimination because of different beliefs. Mohr says that when we are evaluating the morality of behavior is to be prescriptive, or normative, not descriptive. In this essay, Mohr says that â€Å"Gays are discriminated against in several ways, including private-sector employment, housing, public accommodations, insurance of all types, custody, adoption, and zoning regulations that bar ‘singles’ or ‘nonrelated’ couples from living together† (Mackinnon 246). I completely agree with him. A descriptive sense of morality is taking the term â€Å"morality† at face value and establishing what is immoral/moral. Mohr says that when either condemning, or praising, behaviors, we should all be normative/prescriptive. This being said, gays are discriminated against because according to the descriptive sense of morality, it is justified. In this sense, morality is defined as what goes against a society’s values — like its norms, mores, and customs. Mohr gives a great example of these two senses of morality; he uses the Nazi society to show that even though a lot of people believe in something, does not make it normatively moral. A correct way to scrutinize behavior, in the normative sense, says that one needs to be consistent and fair. In Mohr’s essay there are one major aspect, with two parts, that fuel the hate fire against homosexuality. This aspect is religion. The first part of religionShow MoreRelatedPrejudice And Homosexuality And Sexual Love And Moral Experience1161 Words   |  5 PagesIsaiah Hines Phil. 2306-43430 05/14/2015 Prejudice and Homosexuality Sexual Love and Moral Experience For many years homosexuality and sex with out marriage has been condemned and debated most with in America . In all standards, homosexual men and women have been denied many rights within the land of the free and home of the brave. And if they have a(n) desire to want to be in the military then they are supposed to withhold their sexual orientation and preference, since this particular