1. Definition
What is pornography?
Pornography is the erotic sexual activities display in visual and digital form media. This including the poses, symbol, sound, and action.
How is pornography happen ?
Pornography are spread through mass media such as internet, television, film, books, and song. One is classified as pornography when it contain any sexual action words, and expression.
Who involve in pornography?
Pornography happen when any person willing to show their private organ and been captured for publish. Question 1: Pornography is immoral
In Kantianism - pornography is morally wrong
pornography involves men treating women as mere instruments in order to satisfy their sexual desires.
In much pornography, people, usually women, become objects for another. In the case of pornography, what happens is that the one person becomes a body desired by the other, but this is not reciprocated
In the world of pornography industry, men have been socialized to be "active-fucker-conqueror" women to be "passive-fucked-victim" (Baker,1975)
Scenario
"Adam the Director of pornography video, trick a women named Alicia who is desperately in need of fast money for financial problem to act in a pornography video. She is forced to do it without her willingness but because of her current problem she has to do it. By using Alicia, Adam can gain more profit by distributing the pornography material worldwide through various medium, mainly internet. He as well can achieve status and recognition as a good and well-known director in this immoral industry."
This scenario fall on the 2nd formulation where Adam use Alicia to achieve his goal. Adam attempt to deceive Alicia to solve her problem but in the end, Alicia were forced to show her body part and as well as performing sexual activity with other male pornography actor. Based on scenario above, what Adam did is unethical, immoral and illegal based on law of government and human right because he treat Alicia as a mere object in order to fulfill his goal. In the end, Adam gets what he wants and Alicia has been victimized.
Question 2:
Pornography is moral in act utilatiarism. Why?
According to act utilitarianism, pornography could be moral if it brought for happiness for most of the member in certain group. There are some circumstances in which people would be happy after viewing pornography. The statistics on the amount of people visiting pornographic websites and buying pornographic magazines might suggest that pornography does provide happiness for people. In that case, pornography could be considered moral according to this act.
Rule utilitarianism says that even in times of unhappiness, it is necessary to obey rules that ultimately maximize happiness. One might suggest that the freedom to read or look at what one pleases provides for the most happiness in the end.
Scenario
“ Sabqi lives with Hairee and Qayum. One day,their friend, Kamil went to their house and brought DVD contains pornography and decided to watch it together. All of them agree to watch the DVD except Qayum.But,because the majority of them agreed to watch the DVD, they decided to ignore Qayum and watch the DVD”. According to act of utilitarianism, this action is consider moral because they follow the majority.
