I would imagine you can covet whatever you like. Its your right to have any desire. Freedom of thought.
Acting on that covetousness is a compact between you and the coveted person, at the very least. But freedom of thought doesn't naturally turn into freedom of deed. Sometimes, with consenting adults, it can. Sometimes, based on non-moral reasons, it doesn't. On 9 Sep 2014 10:15, "SS" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 09:43 +0530, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > > > > Morality does not stop you from coveting anyone's neighbor's wife. > > Occasionally religion might, but as there's nothing called universal > > morality, that won't stop you. > > > > > But would coveting your neighbour's wife be a right? It would have to be > if that is what someone wanted and there was no restriction. > > That restriction is called by the general term "morality". There is > nothing in between - there is no "no man's land" (pun unintended) > between rights and morality > > shiv > > >
