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Iain Brassington¹

¹CSEP/ School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

Journal of Medical Ethics

|June 21, 2019

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

This response argues against the legal change of age, finding the proposal flawed and undesirable. Legal age modification is deemed incoherent and not beneficial for society.

Keywords:

legal aspects legal philosophy philosophical ethics public policy

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Area of Science:

Philosophy of Law
Social Ethics

Background:

Recent arguments propose the legal possibility of changing one's age.
This concept raises questions about the nature of age and its legal implications.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically evaluate the coherence and desirability of legally changing one's age.
To present counterarguments against the proposal of legal age modification.

Main Methods:

Philosophical argumentation
Critical analysis of existing arguments

Main Results:

The argument for the coherence and desirability of legal age change is found to be deeply flawed.
There is no compelling reason to consider age as a legally mutable characteristic.

Conclusions:

Legal age change is not coherent or desirable.
There are significant reasons to consider legal age change positively undesirable.