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Comment
. 2019 Jul;45(7):465-466.
doi: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105475. Epub 2019 May 15.

Against the nihilism of 'legal age change': response to Räsänen

Toni C Saad
Comment

Against the nihilism of 'legal age change': response to Räsänen

Toni C Saad. J Med Ethics. 2019 Jul.

Abstract

Räsänen has attempted to make a moral case for permitting some people to change their legal age: if someone considers that their chronological age does not correspond to their emotional age or biological age, and they face age-based discrimination as a result, they may change the legal record of their age. This response considers some of the problems with Räsänen's paper, including its reliance on equivocation. It concludes that what is billed as a moral argument turns out to be a conflicted case for deception which relies on a nihilistic outlook on reality.

Keywords: ethics; social aspects.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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  • Moral case for legal age change.
    Räsänen J. Räsänen J. J Med Ethics. 2019 Jul;45(7):461-464. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2018-105294. Epub 2019 Mar 14. J Med Ethics. 2019. PMID: 30872325

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