How Adultery Is Permissible

Erik Turley Paper 4 12/5/11 How Adultery is tolerable In Don Marquis Whats Wrong with Adultery he gives several examples of wherefore adultery can be used or justify in a marriage. He brings up issues like one partner agreeing to a marriage contract except not adjoining their side of the contract in the marriage. Another point he uses is one spouse not fulfilling the others desire in the sex and love department (213). Adultery is a sinful intelligence activity for many while some have justifications for the act. I believe that adultery is morally permissible in some cases. In the story Marquis negotiation about a married couple in a bad relationship.In many cases most people would get a divorce if their relationship bust down to an extent where they could no longer be around each other. But in some cases as Marquis said, that is not the stovepipe pickaxe for the married couple. Sometimes a married couple has younger children or even teenagers who would be dreadfully hurt if t heir parents split up. The married couple fears the beat out for the kids and stays together for this agreement. If they both agree that they cannot satisfy each others intimate desires, then what is improper if they both agree to get that sexual happiness with someone else?If a woman knows and accepts that if her husband is a happier person if he does this, than I believe it is ok. An outside individual might scream this is wrong, but that third party is not in the contract between the married couple. If the couple mutually agrees that those actions would be the best for each one of them and even the best for their immediate family then I believe that adultery is morally permissible in this instance. In Marquis story he shows Richard Wasserstroms reasons on why adultery is impermissible (209). Marquis disagreed with Wasserstroms statement on how adultery is to inflict pain on the spouse.I also disagree with Wasserstrom because that is not the main reason people commit adultery. However, if the reason a spouse commits adultery is to make the other spouse jealous or to intentionally cause pain, then I do believe adultery is impermissible in that case. An example of this is what a younger generation might call these acts of a person as being spiteful. People do spiteful things to intentionally harm another person. I believe that committing adultery to make a spiteful act is very wrong and impermissible. However, adultery may be caused by hundreds of different circumstances.And like Marquis mentioned in almost all of those circumstances a person does not blatantly tell the other spouse of their doing, because they do not want to intentionally hurt the other spouse. If one side is not fulfilling the others needs then I believe adultery is permissible if the spouse is not intentionally trying to inflict pain on the other spouse. We live in a smart set where other people tell us their feelings on our own personal life. We let others opinions and maybe even dec isions affect our lives to an extreme. The only person who really knows and feels what is vent on within their relationship is the two spouses involved.They should be able to keep other peoples voices aside and make the best decision for not only themselves, but also for their kids (if any) that are involved. If divorce is not the best option for the spouses, than we should allow a spouse go to another person to fulfill their desire with sex and love. People may call a person who is sexually active with another person outside of their marriage selfish, but they really may be very unselfish trying to find a little happiness outside of their bad relationship. Word Count 620