1. Plato: - The Republic (Book I) And Others
... all of what is often considered porn, actually dehumanizes persons (n.b. McKinnon defines porn in a more restricted way). - Argues that ultimately censorship causes the ultimate harm: the loss of the right of citizens to self-determination. - Does NOT argue that all porn is unobjectionable, nor that it will cause no harm at all. ... It is important that JJT never actually claims that the fetus is a person; she thinks that acorns aren't oak trees and similarly, fetuses aren't people even though both the acorn and the fetus develop into trees and persons respectively. But she grants it for...
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- Grade Level: High School