# Do fundamental human morals actually exist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 14, 2002, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fundamental-human-morals-actually-exist/103566 "2002-04-14T12:29:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2002, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fundamental-human-morals-actually-exist/103566/13 "2002-04-15T06:19:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\* > Incest – Probably one of the most universal taboos, and for good reason, because of all the congenital risks involved. \*\* If this policy statement is true, then shouldn’t homosexual incest and/or incest using birth control, and non-exclusive incest be socially accepted? The societal rule prohibiting incest, based upon this policy statement, seems overbroad. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeremy’s Evil Twin \* > \*\* > What’s interesting is that a much bigger taboo, historically, has been Homosexuality, which was widely despised by many, many cultures, without respect to local religion or sexual norms. Our current age of “acceptance” is actually an anomaly. \*\* > [@](#): > > _Homosexuality in History @copyright2000 by Reverend Robert J. Buchanan_ > > Greek society only negatively defined homosexual activity when it was exclusive or related to prostitution by a citizen. In nearly every other instance, homosexual conduct was considered acceptable and practical. > > The moral issue toward sexuality in general, and homosexuality in particular, revolved around the idea of control for the Romans. One could enjoy any kind of sex, so long as he did not allow himself to be controlled by his partner. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-fundamental-human-morals-actually-exist/103566)._