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Esmaeel Haditabar

Esmaeel Haditabar

Academic rank: Associate Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
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Phone: 35302129

Research

Title
Examining pornography in cyberspace from the perspective of ethics, spirituality and medicine
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Cyberpornography, Medical Ethics, Religion, Spirituality.
Year
2020
Journal health, spirituality and medical ethics
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Researchers saleh ghafari charati ، Esmaeel Haditabar ، Seyyed Ebrahim Ghodsi

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Cyberpornography is one of the emerging and multidimensional challenges in society. Each discipline offers different criteria, reasons, perspectives, and solutions according to their point of view. However, this multidimensional phenomenon has engaged all aspects of human societies in terms of individual and group dimensions and has left negative consequences. Regarding this, the present study was conducted to analyze and explain pornography from ethical, spiritual, and medical perspectives by challenging the current legislative approach and focusing on the spirituality of human beings in society and the mediation of ethical and medical discourse. Methods: The present systematic review study was conducted in 2019 using domestic databases, such as Magiran and Noormags, without time restriction. The search process was performed using the following keywords: "Pornography", "Pornography and spirituality", "Pornography and medicine", and "Pornography and ethics". Results: The investigation of cyperpornography from social, ethical, and medical perspectives revealed that cyberpornographers have a deviant personality and an ill state. From the legal perspective, cyberpornographers are viewed as criminals deserving of punishment. However, the present study, using a medical perspective and spiritual and community health approach, introduced the corrective, educational, and clinical measures as the proper actions and recommends the policymakers to adopt such measures. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study, cyberpornography has more severe and destructive consequences on an individual's moral and spiritual wellbeing than crime. This phenomenon negatively influences both individuals’ and groups’ moral dimensions in all age groups. In addition, it can negatively affect the individuals’ health in all its aspects, especially moral wellbeing. Moreover, the presence of any illness at the individual level corresponds to low mental and spiritual well