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Dying boy, 15, gets wish: losing virginity

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Wild story. Totally unethical, and there's no way to make it morally correct. Horrible situation to be put in because you feel bad for the kid who's dying and want to give him a good time while he's alive, but there is no good way of honoring his wish.
- IMO the vast majority of underage sexual relationships are a problem because there is grooming and coercion involved. I think the spirit of the law isn’t broken here even if the letter is.
  
  Yeah this seems to fit under the realm of palliative care to me.
  
  Do you mean relationships with a large age gap and a minor? Or are you including relationships between minors? Because there's a huge difference.
  
  I’m only referring to relationships that are considered illicit. Typically there are Romeo and Juliet laws that make it okay for teenagers to have sex with their peers.
  But legality hardly matters - there are also large age gaps between an 18 year old and a 35 year old, and while that’s legal, it’s generally problematic.
  
  I agree I just wanted it to be more clear.
- Totally unethical
  What specifically do you feel is unethical in this situation?
  I'm curious because for me, behavior that harms no-one cannot be unethical. I see no harm, so I'm very interested to know what part flags it as unethical for you?
  
  Thanks Hegar. Usual heuristics seem to break here. Similarly wanted to ask @Kalkaline@leminal.space: “if you were face-to-face with the kid in November 2001, how would you explain the refusal?“
  
  "It offends my sensibilities and conflicts with my world view, thus it is wrong "
  
  He's underage and the prostitute is committing statutory rape. Either we decide as a society that any underage can make the decision to hire a prostitute or none of them can. Special privileges because you're terminally ill male is a slippery slope.
  
  underage and the prostitute is committing statutory rape
  So the ethical issue for you is that it's illegal?
  decide as a society that any underage can make the decision to hire a prostitute or none of them can
  As a society we've decided that no one outside of Nevada can hire a prostitute, regardless of age. But again, this argument sounds like your point of view is that breaking the law is unethical - or have I misunderstood?

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