[BRIEF NOTE] Positive Liberty on the Origins of Same-Sex Sexuality

[rfmcdonald]

Over at Positive Liberty, Jason Kuznicki has posted a typically incisive article, "Biological and Ethical Mistakes." He argues that sexuality may well be determined by a constellation of genes comparable to that which determines race, all interacting to produce slightly different outcomes (in this case, different locations on the Klein Grid). He also makes the point that, regardless of whether homosexuality is an evolutionary dead end or not (a difficult argument to make, given the presence of same-sex behaviour throughout the animal kingdom), people who engage in same-sex behaviour should be treated not on the evolutionary outcomes of their sexual activity but rather on its moral implications.