Same Sex Marriages

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y ways. They are making a statement to the world, really, that same-sex couples have the same rights and opportunities as opposite-sex couples by passing this law. Egoists would be one hundred percent against this because they believe that altruism, unselfish concern for others, is bad and demeaning. They feel that the state of Massachusetts has lessened homosexuals and placed these individuals at the mercy of society by helping them out and this is a huge wrong-doing according to egoists. Everyone should control their own selves and do things for only themselves and no one else. By helping out others, one is not only demeaning them, but also taking the risk that what they’re doing for them could be done wrong. There are no reasons as to why an egoist would ever be in favor of this Massachusetts decision.
Another strong ethical belief is one by a very famous and well known social contract theorist, Thomas Hobbes. Hobbes would be in favor of this recent same-sex marriage decision. He came up with the idea of a social contract theory and this theory involves the idea that all people are equal. If all people are equal, then everyone, regardless of their age, race, culture, or sexual preference, should be ...