Richard Wasserstrom's Summary

Adultery has remained an idea inherently wrong through particularly American culture for generations. Monotonous relationships are throughout the culture and many can empathize or relate from personal experience that negative emotions and effects adultery has on people. The immediate reaction to call it wrong comes from sharp and vivid emotions likely betrayal and heartbreak and for anyone who has experienced or seen these the action that caused this is inexcusable.

The immorality for Richard Wasserstrom stems from a breaking of a promise and the deception it leads to do so. This is tied to our culture associating love with the amount of sexual affection that is given. However, Wasserstrom brings up that sex gratification is something that all humans require just like bread and water. This philosopher sees the construction of marriage as a maybe outdated institution that can not meet everyone's desires and needs for the crucial need for sexual pleasure. He agrees that promise breaking and deception are immoral but also wants a closer examination on why humans who if they need sex just like any basic need limit themselves with marriage or are shocked when someone doesn’t want to eat or drink only one thing for the rest of their lives.
She stressed that marriage is a mutual committed that both parties knew the promises they made to the other person. Steinbock brings up the kinds of physical and emotional adultery and goes in to explain that it is more than just a promise broken the weight of the commitment is devastating when