PHIL 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Child Pornography, Pedophilia
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Argument: committing virtual paedophilia (in a video game) is seriously morally wrong, however, there are no morally relevant differences between virtual paedophilia and virtual murder, therefore, committing virtual murder is also seriously morally wrong. The gamer"s dilemma: if you accept p2, then you must either conclude that both actions are permissible, or both are seriously morally wrong. Objections: moral virtue: virtual murder is not done for its own sake / for pleasure (virtual. Paedophilia would be): virtual murder is not always done for an objective in a game. Seems wrong still: children have a special moral status, killing a child is worse than killing an adult. Molesting a child is worse than molesting an adult. There is no indication that this is correct.
