Incest can produce a deformed baby. Therefore it is unethical. Also incest tends to contradict our natural feelings. Meaning we tend not to desire it. We have a built in mechanism to guide us against it. — hope
Any coupling between unrelated partners can produce a deformed baby. Does that make all sex unethical?
What evidence do you have that we have "natural feelings" against incest? What is this "built in mechanism" which helps us avoid it? — Bitter Crank
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