The Limits of Sexual Autonomy for Minors: Debating Age of Consent Laws
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2024 2:28 pm
https://intergentes.com/the-limits-of-s ... sent-laws/
Article by Prof. Hoko Horii who previously had an interview with Ad van den Berg prior to his passing.
https://fstube.net/w/rFy1ZewsgNmWnTJxroV1zw
The conclusion of the article really sums it up nicely
Article by Prof. Hoko Horii who previously had an interview with Ad van den Berg prior to his passing.
https://fstube.net/w/rFy1ZewsgNmWnTJxroV1zw
The conclusion of the article really sums it up nicely
I am not arguing for the abolition of statutory age of consent law. Instead, I suggest that we need to look closely and critically at the types and the degree of harm the age of consent law claims to avoid and punish. In light of the harm principle, criminal law should not punish ‘harmless immorality’. In an advanced liberal polity, we cannot agree on more than a minimum of allegedly uncontroversial values. The complex relationship between law and culture or sexual mores is particularly important in the realm of criminal law, which involves the moral condemnation of an act by punishment.