"Moral Concepts in the Year 2020: The Individual, the Family, and Society"

Title"Moral Concepts in the Year 2020: The Individual, the Family, and Society"
Year for Search1984
AuthorsFrancoeur, Robert T[homas](1931-2012)
Secondary AuthorsKirkendall, Lester A., and Gravatt, Arthur E.
Secondary TitleMarriage and the Family in the Year 2020
Pagination183-204
Date Published1984
PublisherPrometheus Books
Place PublishedBuffalo, NY
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Discusses the effects of longevity, including euthanasia or "rational suicide," radically improved sex education, which eliminates abortion, and improved moral education. The changed moral climate includes decriminalizing certain behaviors, sex outside marriage, reduced gender role separation, the separation of sex and reproduction, and greater physical and emotional contact with others.

Holding Institutions

MoU-St, TxU

Author Note

The author (1931-2012) was a sexologist.

Full Text

1984 Francoeur, Robert T[homas] (1931-2012). “Moral Concepts in the Year 2020: The Individual, the Family, and Society.” Marriage and the Family in the Year 2020. Ed. Lester A. Kirkendall and Arthur E. Gravatt (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1984), 183-204. MoU-St, PSt, TxU

Discusses the effects of longevity, including euthanasia or "rational suicide," radically improved sex education, which eliminates abortion, and improved moral education. The changed moral climate includes decriminalizing certain behaviors, sex outside marriage, reduced gender role separation, the separation of sex and reproduction, and greater physical and emotional contact with others. The author was a sexologist.