With Christianity, the new motive of avoidance of sin enters in, and the moral standard becomes in theory the same for men as for women, though in practice the difficulty of enforcing it upon men has always led to a greater toleration of their fallings than of those of women.
Source： Bertrand Russell: Marriage and Morals, 1929
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When reading the line from "Today's Words of Russell" - "With Christianity, the new motive of avoidance of sin enters in" - did anyone think, "That can’t be right; surely, even before the advent of Christianity, people had reasons to avoid sin”? Of course, Russell is not expressing this as his personal opinion, but rather pointing out that Christianity emphasized the avoidance of sin as a central and systematic motive.
Even today, although in theory men and women are held to the same moral standards, in practice the "misdeeds" of celebrities or people in power tend to be treated with relative leniency - suggesting that Russell's observation still holds true.
The quote from "Today's Words of Russell" also brings to mind President Trump's long history of relationships with women, which has now led to legal troubles. However, Trump has never admitted to things like "resolving multiple affairs with money."
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Source： Bertrand Russell: Marriage and Morals, 1929
More info.：https://russell-j.com/beginner/MM21-010.HTM
* a brief comment:
When reading the line from "Today's Words of Russell" - "With Christianity, the new motive of avoidance of sin enters in" - did anyone think, "That can’t be right; surely, even before the advent of Christianity, people had reasons to avoid sin”? Of course, Russell is not expressing this as his personal opinion, but rather pointing out that Christianity emphasized the avoidance of sin as a central and systematic motive.
Even today, although in theory men and women are held to the same moral standards, in practice the "misdeeds" of celebrities or people in power tend to be treated with relative leniency - suggesting that Russell's observation still holds true.
The quote from "Today's Words of Russell" also brings to mind President Trump's long history of relationships with women, which has now led to legal troubles. However, Trump has never admitted to things like "resolving multiple affairs with money."
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