PHL 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Seat Belt, Harm Principle, Morality
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If an action offends the majority of the community efficiently, it should be outlawed. Ex. ) if enough people were against it, 50 shades of gray could be outlawed. When someone is offended by something because they think it is immoral. Must show it is harming someone to outlaw it. Johnson started a committee of all kinds of people asking them if they thought that laws that outlawed pornography were justified. Came back and said no, they are not justified and should be done away with. Reagan performs different report than johnson & comes to a different conclusion. Contradicts earlier report-- early reports said don"t censor, waste of time. Report says violent or degrading pornography bears a causal relationship relationship to undesirable attitude changes and to acts of sexual violence. Commission emphasizes that the production of child pornography entails child abuse. Could have laws that prohibit degrading and violent matter (child porn worst, can"t use anyway)
