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>Finally there is the argument from the perspective of fundamental morality, that depicting children in a sexual manner is wrong in and of itself, and therefore
by DharmaPolice 3y ago
>Finally there is the argument from the perspective of fundamental morality, that depicting children in a sexual manner is wrong in and of itself, and therefore the various potential effects are irrelevant. (Much like it's wrong to murder an innocent, even if you could harvest their organs and save five others as a result.)
I don't think those two scenarios are usefully similar. Murder is wrong because of its effects. This would be more like if you could murder someone without _anyone_ dying.
- thegabriele 3y agoMurder someone without anyone dying is the plot of many, many videogames since the 80s
- wkat4242 3y agoIn the 80s you were "murdering" a handful of pixels. It's really not comparable. Neither In the 90s or 00s even though ever more pixels were involved. I have to say though that this argument starts making a lot more sense with current VR tech. Sometimes it's really disgustingly realistic. While I'm still not in favor of banning violent games, I do think a valid argument is emerging. I've never truly had a feel of fright playing on a 2d screen but since VR the spiders headcrabs of Half Life Alyx really make me panic sometimes. On the csam side I'm just not sure if this would diminish or increase their interest. I would leave that up to someone who studied for this kind of insight.