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15 year old brains are not fully developed. No 15 year old, however brilliant, has the capacity to consent. Though I agree 18 is an arbitrary cut off and it sho
by decremental 4y ago
15 year old brains are not fully developed. No 15 year old, however brilliant, has the capacity to consent. Though I agree 18 is an arbitrary cut off and it should be higher.
Edit: Below I am replying to the reply to this comment here because apparently 5 posts in an hour and a half is enough to trigger rate limiting for me.
Yes, that is too young to make that decision. You can throw any hypothetical, emotional situation at this and the answer will be the same.
- throwaway12245 4y agoImagine you are 15 and your parents are struggling and you getting a full time job in the summer and part time job in during school would keep your younger siblings fed. That's "too young" to make that decision?
- BobbyJo 4y agoAll 15 year olds have the capacity to consent depending on the consequences of what they are consenting to. Should they be trusted to make life and death decisions for themselves? No. Should they be trusted to decide their lunch food? Mostly, yes. Do I think some 15 year olds are perfectly capable of deciding to work? yes. However, I think it's prudent for us to ignore those few and assume not, simply because there is no universal test for competence, and the vast majority are not.