AN ARGUMENT FOR PORNOGRAPHY
P1. Individuals should have the right to explore and indulge their own personal tastes and convictions (including pornography), so long as it does no harm to anyone else
P2. Privately consuming pornography does no harm to anyone else
C. Therefore individuals should have the right to explore and indulge their own personal tastes and convictions (including pornography)
CONSERVATIVE COMMENTARY
Pornography is not simply a private issue because it is a multi-billion dollar industry which does harm to others:
- Those who create it can be directly harmed
- Those who interact with the private consumer of pornography can be harmed – for example if the consumer develops an unhealthy attitude towards women