Examining pornography in cyberspace from the perspective of ethics, spirituality and medicine

Background & Aims: Pornography in cyberspace 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; But this multidimensional phenomenon has involved all aspects of human societies in individual and group dimensions and has left negative consequences. The aims of this study are to analyze and explain pornography from the perspective of spirituality, ethics and medicine. The current legislative approach is challenged by ethical and medical discourse with emphasis on the spirituality of human beings in society.  Methods: The present study is a systematic review that was conducted in 2009 in domestic databases such as Mgiran and Normagz without time limit with the keywords pornography, pornography and spirituality, pornography and medicine, pornography and ethics. Findings: Based on various criteria and reasons governing computer pornography, both social and moral, as well as medical criteria, computer pornographers have a deviant and sick personality, contrary to the legal opinion that computer pornography is criminal and Considering the punishment for it, the present article, from a medical point of view and based on the approach of spirituality and health of society, has selected corrective, educational and clinical measures as a desirable action and suggests them to policy makers.  Conclusion: According to the results of this study, computer pornography has more severe and destructive consequences on the moral and spiritual health of a person than a crime; This phenomenon has negative effects on the moral dimensions of individuals and groups at all ages and can actually impair the health of a person in all its dimensions, especially the moral health of the individual. Disorder in the individual health of individuals in a society is equal to the low mental and spiritual health of the society.