[MD] Limits of freedom

pholden at davtv.com pholden at davtv.com
Thu Jul 19 15:55:29 PDT 2007


Quoting craigerb at comcast.net:

> [Platt]
> > Are you questioning whether nudity is a biological value?
> 
> Yes.  I can see that for other primates, nudity, public breast-feeding, etc. are
> biological.  But what is the criteria for it being biological for humans?  If it
> turned out that it was intellectual, then would it be wrong for society to
> prohibit it?
> Craig  

The criteria for nudity being biological for humans is its close association with
the sexual act. If it turned out that it was intellectual, then yes, it would be
wrong for society to prohibit it. On what basis would you determine that public
nudity was intellectual? 

Platt


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