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Originally Posted by Catlady
No, not to the extent you're trying to make it seem. There are relatively objective standards for weight and calorie intake and BMI. There are measures of obesity. Yes, there's a continuum, but at least there are specific signposts. Where are there ANY markers that indicate when one has passed the line in sharing files?
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I think the publishers have clearly marked that signpost at 1.
Yes, there are objective standards fro weight and calorie intake and BMI, but these still can only be applied generally. I train for marathons - my calorie intake is sometimes twice that of your average joe, and rightly so. Appropriate weight varies by height - 180 lbs is very different if you are 6'6" and not 5'2". BMI, you say? Yes, someone with a 35 BMI is fat. But a BMI of 25 is "defined" as overweight, yet there are very fit, muscular people with BMI above 25. But even if BMI were a perfect indicator, it is still only relative. You might be able to say, "Your BMI is over 25, you need to lose weight", but that doesn't mean that 24.9 or 24 would be fine.
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Your example is not entirely true--for example, the participants may be consenting adults, but married to other people. I would say they are acting immorally in breaking their vows.
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What if they got married by a justice of the peace? What vows did they make that they are breaking? What if they have an open marriage?
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And the example would be?
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Isn't that exactly part of what we are discussing?
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Photocopying a page out of a book because it got ripped out of your copy is legal and moral.
Photocopying an entire book so I don't have to spend as much as buying my own copy, is immoral (IMO) and it is also illegal.