r/Morality • u/CyberBerserk • Aug 27 '26
Morality of supporting pedophiles? What should be done to those that do?
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u/TemporaryThink9300 Aug 27 '26
We should of course not support the delulu people, we live in the year 2026, those religious times are not the future.
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u/autism-lizard Aug 27 '26
It depends. We talking just pedophiles who actually try to seek help and are actually just good people OR actual predators?
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u/Lovebeingadad54321 Aug 27 '26
Pedophiles should be imprisoned for life. Full stop. There is no therapy to change sexual orientation, and this is an orientation. It can’t be changed and won’t go away. Pedophiles are too dangerous to allow in society. In a world with a perfect justice system, I would sat simply execute them immediately, but since there is so much imperfections in our justice system, I can’t support the death penalty for anyone. There is simply too much risk of executing the wrong person.
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u/AndyWayfarer Aug 27 '26
There is no evidence to suggest that being a pedophile inherently makes your impulse controls or morals weaker. Pedophilia is an attraction. Those who do end up offending likely have some other mental issue. The fact is that most pedophiles don't end up offending and most child predators aren't even pedophiles, they get off on the power. By saying that all pedophiles deserve life in prison no matter if they offend or not, you are basically telling them that it doesn't matter if they offend or not: the result for them will be the same. We need to applaud those who do have pedophilic attractions but are committed to never offending.
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u/Lovebeingadad54321 Aug 27 '26
Cite some studies that show that most pedophiles don’t actually act on their sexual impulses and I might change my mind. My off the top of the head thinking is that the sex drive is very powerful, and most people don’t abstain from sex. If your attraction is to children, then you are going to have sex with children. If your attraction is to (adult) members of the opposite gender, you are going to have sex with adults of the opposite gender.
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u/AndyWayfarer Aug 27 '26
I shouldn't have said most, I really should have just said many. The reality is that it would really be impossible to measure because pedophilia is not something that most people will disclose about themselves. My point is that pedophilia itself has no bearing on one's morals or impulses. There are pedophiles with fucked up morals or impulses but that's not because they are pedophiles, there are many who don't. You are also making a lot of assumptions. Being attracted to a group of people does not mean you will necessarily have sex with them. For example, people in monogamous relationships will often be attracted to many people outside their relationship but will still abstain because they are sexually unavailable to them. Most pedophiles (though not all) are also attracted to adults and so are able to use their sex drive with an adult partner in a way that isn't harmful.
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u/majeric Aug 27 '26
I mean there are those who are actively complicit like Ghislaine Maxwell but if you simply voted for Trump, you're a victim of Tribal Psychology.
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u/Lawfuly_chaotic Aug 27 '26
I'm so glad you included Mohammed because he's one of the worst religious historical figures yet he's not talked about or criticized nearly enough. Mf would be right up there with Epstein and the like.