RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 On legal age change
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 469
OP 470
DO 10.1136/medethics-2019-105445
VO 45
IS 7
A1 William Simkulet
YR 2019
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/45/7/469.abstract
AB Joona Räsänen argues some people have a right to change their legal age to prevent age discrimination. He proposes two prerequisites—the person feels his age differs from his legal age, and that person’s biological age differs from his chronological age. I argue we can achieve the same protections from ageism through restricting access to one’s birth date. I review several moral reasons in favour of changing one’s legal age, concluding the enterprise is folly.