Nudity: Moral or Immoral?

[Demonslayer]

Personally, I'd be completely comfortable if people started walking around town naked.

Someone's never met my Uncle Larry.

 

[Revoltingest]

Someone's never met my Uncle Larry.

Or Grandma Bertha!
I voted "moral", but there would be exceptions.

 

[metis]

Nudity by itself is moral, imo, and "proof" is that this is the way a baby is born. If God felt nudity was immoral, Junior(ess) should be born fully dressed.

 

[Revoltingest]

Michiganistan did recently pass a law making it a felony for @metis to be nude.
This includes even his own home & bathroom.

Btw, I don't make these authoritarian laws, but I can understand the reaction to the threat.

 

[YmirGF]

What does nudity have to do with morality again?

 

[निताइ dasa]

Fully undressing to get naked or doing things in the nude intentionally is an action

But you do have a very good point. The OP is lacking. I made a mistake there!

Then it really depends on context doesn't it? Getting naked in the shower doesn't see to be wrong, while getting naked and going into a kindergarten classroom does seem to be morally wrong (or at the very least shady). Like I said, I think sex (and sexual urge) is the bigger issue here, not nudity.

There are two stances to this that are dominant (from what I see). The first stance seems to suggest that we should be free to overindulge and proudly show our sexual urges/life in public life. There is nothing wrong with sex being discussed and paraded publicly. This would lead us to the conclusion that nudity in whatever case is okay (because even if my nudity evoked sexual desire within you, there is no need to be ashamed of it, because indulging in our sexual urges publicly is a permissible thing).

The second stance asserts that we are not free to indulge and proudly flaunt our sexual urges/life in the public sphere. This view operates on the basis, that sex is very precious and should only be shared in privacy of our homes with our partner. Furthermore, some societies (many of the Greeks, Eastern societies etc), and many religions treat overindulgence in sex, as a flaw in character. I know in traditional Hinduism, excessive sexualisation of society is frowned upon because promoting it actually causes people become further attached to the body, which is an impediment to spiritual life.

Anyway, in this view, sex is not something to be talked about in the public sphere, but rather is a very personal bond that should only be discussed within .Therefore dressing modestly (i.e not being nude) is important, because it avoids inciting sexual desires within others in the wrong place (public sphere).

 

[Demonslayer]

What does nudity have to do with morality again?

Lots of religious people, at least here in America, not only find nudity immoral, but nearly anything sexual. That skirt is too short, that bikini is too revealing, etc.

 

[MARCELLO]

Hello guys. Time to take a vote.

Do you consider nudity moral or immoral?

This of course refers to the general sense, not the specific sense. Like for example, walking naked downtown in the middle of the night, not with a married couple fooling around alone in their bed room (I guess it happens in the middle of the night too, lol).

What do you think?

I am thinking of turtles,of OMG how moral they are; just exposing their feet and head.

 

[Demonslayer]

What does nudity have to do with morality again?

Also consider they way the Muslims force their women to dress.

 

[4consideration]

To me, the subject of whether or not it is "moral" to be nude in public has to do with it being right/wrong action, which IMO can't be separated from the situation. There is no one-size-fits-all answer.

What a person does on their own property is none of my business, so if a person, or group of adults wish to walk around naked in a designated area that's ok with me.

While nudity is perfectly natural, and not "bad," I think it's overly simplistic to think that just because something is "natural" it is appropriate and beneficial in all situations. There are lots of things that are natural that I'm fine with people doing, and do myself, but don't want to share, or have anyone share with me. It is natural to take a dump, but I really don't want to see yours, or for you to see mine. Same thing with female bodily emissions.

Even with the best of intentions for just being "natural," if a person decided to walk naked through a school, I think that is wrong action, and they should be arrested. This is not because I think there is anything inherently wrong with being naked, but because it is an action that would be expected to be so shocking to children, as to be experienced as a trauma.

Additionally, while other cultures may have functioned quite well with lack of clothing, I think our population density would make it terrible if people decided to walk around nude, mostly due to being terribly unsanitary. I've washed enough drawers to know I don't want to sit anywhere someone else's naked butt has been.

 

[metis]

One can do "moral" or "immoral" actions when clothed, much like one can do "moral" or "immoral" actions while naked. The irony is that it is largely the culture that determines "moral" versus "immoral". For example, in Amazonia missionaries mandated that the indigenous wear clothing and stop communal bathing, which let to all sorts of disease problems.

 

[Unveiled Artist]

Hello guys. Time to take a vote.

Do you consider nudity moral or immoral?

This of course refers to the general sense, not the specific sense. Like for example, walking naked downtown in the middle of the night, not with a married couple fooling around alone in their bed room (I guess it happens in the middle of the night too, lol).

What do you think?

Religious speaking, if it were appropiate (one consensus) in a same-religion enviornment, yes. Given we were born without clothes. So its moral. Its only immoral when we turn who we are body (mind and spirit) in to the spirit of politics.

 

[Demonslayer]

There is no one-size-fits-all

Now I see someone IS familiar with my Uncle Larry.

 

[Smart_Guy]

What does nudity have to do with morality again?

Ask Revolt

 

[Smart_Guy]

I am thinking of turtles,of OMG how moral they are; just exposing their feet and head.

Turtles? Try baboons. If you know what I mean

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I don't have much to add. Nothing moral or immoral about it. It's nothing more than our bodies as they are when we are born, bath, sleeping, and other things.

 

[Valjean]

I believe in self-restraint and humility as both (good) moral virtues, which may be violated if one walked naked in the streets. It really depends the intent for which you are walking down the street first. Also I believe this issue is heavily related to sex and sexual urge (and the morality of that). (if Nudity did not have sexual connotations then this problem would not arise).

But does nudity have sexual connotations because we only encounter it in a sexual context? Would it still be titillating if it were commonly encountered in ordinary, non-sexual situations?
Keep in mind that a century ago a glimpse of leg was considered erotic, but now we're accustomed to it, no-one cares.

There are two stances to this that are dominant (from what I see). The first stance seems to suggest that we should be free to overindulge and proudly show our sexual urges/life in public life. There is nothing wrong with sex being discussed and paraded publicly. This would lead us to the conclusion that nudity in whatever case is okay (because even if my nudity evoked sexual desire within you, there is no need to be ashamed of it, because indulging in our sexual urges publicly is a permissible thing).

You're equating nudity with 'our sexual urges/life'. I don't see these as intrinsically connected.
As for discussing sex, why should this be a forbidden topic?

. . .This view operates on the basis, that sex is very precious and should only be shared in privacy of our homes with our partner. Furthermore, some societies (many of the Greeks, Eastern societies etc), and many religions treat overindulgence in sex, as a flaw in character

More likely it operates on the basis that sex is shocking, makes you uncomfortable and should be hidden away.
And didn't the Greeks treat overindulgence in anything as a character flaw? Weren't the ancient Greeks famous for their casual nudity? Neighboring tribal groups described them as "shameless."
What do you think the "gym" in gymnasium means?

I know in traditional Hinduism, excessive sexualisation of society is frowned upon because promoting it actually causes people become further attached to the body, which is an impediment to spiritual life.

Yet the "sky clad" Jains walk around completely naked -- to avoid attachment and promote a spiritual life.

 

[Riverwolf]

Hello guys. Time to take a vote.

Do you consider nudity moral or immoral?

This of course refers to the general sense, not the specific sense. Like for example, walking naked downtown in the middle of the night, not with a married couple fooling around alone in their bed room (I guess it happens in the middle of the night too, lol).

What do you think?

I'm afraid I can't answer because I believe nudity is neither moral nor immoral. It just is.

I do share in the fascination and bafflement of a lot of people who have observed over the years that, at least in America, we're comparatively fine with seeing depictions of all kinds of exaggerated acts of violence and murder of human beings, while simultaneously getting all kinds of crazy and weird about seeing the unclothed human body (not even necessarily in sexual contexts; just naked human bodies). Call me a hippie (I am the child of two old hippies and love both of them), but American culture really does seem to love, or at least be more accepting of, violence, death, and destruction, over love, beauty, and creation. And that just seems... all kinds of backwards.

Basically, consider that it's legal to openly carry firearms for any reason regardless of whether there's an actual need to, but not legal to walk around in one's birthday suit regardless of how hot the day is.

 

[Scott C.]

Hello guys. Time to take a vote.

Do you consider nudity moral or immoral?

This of course refers to the general sense, not the specific sense. Like for example, walking naked downtown in the middle of the night, not with a married couple fooling around alone in their bed room (I guess it happens in the middle of the night too, lol).

What do you think?

I believe Gods wants us to cover ourselves. Adam and Eve "discovered their nakedness" and covered up. This need followed from the fall. Exactly how much to cover and when is subject to interpretation.

 

[Valjean]

Even with the best of intentions for just being "natural," if a person decided to walk naked through a school, I think that is wrong action, and they should be arrested. This is not because I think there is anything inherently wrong with being naked, but because it is an action that would be expected to be so shocking to children, as to be experienced as a trauma.

I don't see it as a question of natural. It's "natural" for humans to war on competing tribes. Natural isn't always desirable.

The OP asks about the morality of nudity. Morality, as I see it, equates with harm, not personal discomfort. Some people are uncomfortable with anything unconventional or novel. They'd outlaw change itself.

When women first began wearing brassieres people found them shocking and immodest. They drew attention to the breasts. Today we're more likely to be shocked if a woman doesn't wear a bra. What changed?
It's what's unusual that raises eyebrows. Nothing is intrinsically shocking.

As for shocking children, it's adults that are shocked by nudity, not children. To children everything is novel and remarkable. They have to be taught what's improper; what to be shocked by.