CONSIDERATION OF THE MORAL RIGHTS OF CHILDREN

so infants should have the vote?

It is my opinion that children have the same moral rights as adults.

I think your statement is a little broad or loose.
At what age should they have the right to vote?
Or should it be based on their understanding of the issues?

Kids are not mature enough, generally speaking,
to understand the entire consequences of their actions, ie. leaving home.

So, I disagree with you, David. I don't think that you were a typical kid.

Children are not fully formed, they have neither the same rights nor the same obligation of an adult.
We threat children too much like children for too long, but the original concept of childhood was good for society.

As per its Title, this thread contemplates the MORAL rights of children.

What about consent of the governed ?

It is my opinion that children have the same moral rights as adults.

And it is my opinion that the statement above could easily be used by a child molester to defend himself
from his actions toward a nine year old girl because the little girl agreed to having sex with him.

You constantly forget to remember to ask the next question when you post your nonsense.

As per its Title, this thread contemplates the MORAL rights of children.

What about consent of the governed ?

Children have the moral right to be treated as much like an adult as they have shown the ability to handle.
They do not however have the right to expect to be treated as adults.

They are always charges of chaperons

The way u wrote your post, it sounds like u r condescendingly rude to children. I am not.

The way u wrote your post, it sounds like u r condescendingly rude to children. I am not.

He says to the person who constantly complains that we treat children too much like little children.....

As a lawyer you ought to know to ask "the next question."

btw: you ought to note that by your definition a nine year old girl should be allowed to have sex with adult males IF she consents; the situation does not involve coercion. So tell us, do you condone that?

Like all Libertarians you don't think about the real world consequences of your beliefs. I consider your mental development akin to a fourteen year old boy who demands that nobody can tell him what to do. You know, a spoiled brat who thinks of no one or thing but his own personal satisfaction.

A child who leaves home at the age of twelve may not be able to fend for himself.

Where would he go?

If there was abuse, would he know to go to the police?

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. To make every as fair as possible,
children need to receive their rights at the same age, which
eliminates giving a child their voting/ownership/drinking rights
when they are deemed ready.

Such a system would surely be corrupt at any rate.

It would be a matter of who knows whose parents.
While I may not agree with every age restriction or the way many problems of youth are handled,
I don't think giving children the right or responsibility to vote is the way to fix anything.

Children should not have such responsibility until a certain age.

From personal experience, I more than thought that I should have the right to vote at fifteen or sixteen. I was highly interested in politics and participated in campaigns, etc. Now that I am older, however, I realize that many of the judgements I made came from my parents' bias. I was passionate and emotional, and that is healthy for a teenager, but without having a few more years of life experience I could not be expected to show an adult level of reason and rationale.

A child cannot own a credit card, a house,
rent a hotel room, drive a car, but! I concur that the drinking age is ludicrous.

Point taken about religion. I am not religious in any way, shape, or form
and would never let the government mandate my church-going.

Would you recommend, since you recommend giving everyone equal rights, to give everyone equal punishment? My mother works for the NYS Dep't of Corrections. She sees inmates as young as 16 or 17, but would you recommend that a ten year old be given the same sentence as a 40 year old? If they have the same rights, the same responsibilities, should they have the same repercussions?