Comments on: Should Public Nudity Be Illegal?

By: Onanymous

Onanymous — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:18:08 +0000

Sorry for double posting:
“# A woman covering her hair in a synagogue.
# A woman covering her hair in public.
# A woman covering her hair in public in a Muslim nation.
# A woman covering her face in public in a Muslim nation.”

I could also see a problem with these, but I dont think this would be a q2 mistake: It can savely be assumed that this does not happen of the womans free will, even if it seems that way or she argues that way, it is very propable that she was conditioned to think exactly that.
So this would constitute being “harmful” although not only on part of the woman.

By: Onanymous

Onanymous — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:12:01 +0000

I think the standard in ethical questions should always be: “Is there someone harmed in the process?” If the answer is no, you dont really have an ethical question.
In your list, I would only objest to

“Listening to a political or religious talk radio station where others can hear.”

but not because its political or religious, but because its annoying and can if sufficiently loud, disrupt conversations and therefore be (kinda) harmful.

Nice idea though. What I have been pondering the last few days goes along a similar line: Why is pornography not freely availible to those, who need it the most? 12-16 year olds.

By: ff42

ff42 — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:44:22 +0000

In an ideal world there would be no ‘public’ – everything would be owned by an individual or group and, being private property owners, can set their own rules about nudity.