Religions: Making the Cut, a Sharp Comparison

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SU-214

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Philosophy

Abstract

This paper compares the reasons and environments that led two religious organizations, the Catholic Church and Heaven’s Gate, to encourage and practice castration. This paper also touches on how this was a valid response to the problems these groups were trying to solve under the theory of utilitarianism.

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Religions: Making the Cut, a Sharp Comparison

SU-214

This paper compares the reasons and environments that led two religious organizations, the Catholic Church and Heaven’s Gate, to encourage and practice castration. This paper also touches on how this was a valid response to the problems these groups were trying to solve under the theory of utilitarianism.