Your's and ecofarm's responses indicate that you wouldn't pass the test. Neither of you are sufficiently mature to discuss this subject seriously, and therefore should not be allowed to operate a motor vehicle.
the enormity of the bureaucracy necessary to administer to such an impractical undertaking
Mature people can still do stupid things. Maturity does not guaranty wisdom and good decision making practices.Many people are mature beyond their years, and others never grow up.
Therefore, should society eliminate age of majority, and instead, require people to graduate a philosophical rite of passage before participating in adult activities?
In some states, 12 year olds can get married with parental permission. Go figure. I guess it isn't statutory when it's your wife. Ick.
If anything, the age of consent should be increased. It's a fact that kids-to-young adults are maturing later and later, due to several factors. We need to start adjusting accordingly, not least of which means pushing access to mature rights and privileges farther away.
Thankfully, philosophy doesn't deal with tastes, so that's not possible...
...unless we're talking about pragmatism, but that's stupid. Pragmatism literally denies the fact-value dichotomy as if natural facts are valuable by intelligent design, and those with predestined callings can feel them.
No thanks.
If anything, the age of consent should be increased. It's a fact that kids-to-young adults are maturing later and later, due to several factors. We need to start adjusting accordingly, not least of which means pushing access to mature rights and privileges farther away.
Many people are mature beyond their years, and others never grow up.
Therefore, should society eliminate age of majority, and instead, require people to graduate a philosophical rite of passage before participating in adult activities?
Not very feasible. Lots of kids are hitting puberty these days at 10 and 11 years old. A regrettable number of girls are having babies at 12 and 13yo.
Where are we going to find the money to build the prisons for all the teenagers we'd have to put in prison for "statutory rape"?
I don't mean necessarily sexual activity, I meant more driver's licenses, contracts, alcohol/drug access and even college.
I mean, twenty one year old's of today are like the sixteen year old's of 30 years ago. We expect too much of our kids too soon, considering we live to be 80 years easily nowadays. Everything is getting pushed forward by a decade or so; time to update our societal standards.
I don't mean necessarily sexual activity, I meant more driver's licenses, contracts, alcohol/drug access and even college.
I mean, twenty one year old's of today are like the sixteen year old's of 30 years ago. We expect too much of our kids too soon, considering we live to be 80 years easily nowadays. Everything is getting pushed forward by a decade or so; time to update our societal standards.
Where do you get the idea that kids don't drink or do drugs early now?
No, we don't expect nearly enough. There was a time where kids were taught to be responsible early on, kids as young as 12-13 acted as responsible adults, worked, etc. Today, we don't expect a damn thing. We just give kids whatever they want and don't hold them accountable for anything.
That's got to stop.
No thanks.
My son is 16. He is very mature. He's been driving for over a year; it is past time he had his full driver's license, and he wants to get a part-time job.
Shall we push driver's licence to age 21?? What about college students who don't live on campus and don't live in towns with public transportation? What about 18yo's who are married and have jobs?
No, I don't advocate pushing this stuff even further back. The problem won't be fixed by legally inducing teenagers and twenties to REMAIN irresponsible children that much longer, but by TEACHING them to be responsible at a reasonable age... by 15 or 16yo, they ought to be CAPABLE of functioning in the adult world to some reasonable degree. If they aren't, someone has failed in their upbringing and/or education.
Many people are mature beyond their years, and others never grow up.
Therefore, should society eliminate age of majority, and instead, require people to graduate a philosophical rite of passage before participating in adult activities?
Lol, that's what every parent says. I'm not saying it's not true in your case, but...every parent says that. Doesn't really speak volumes about the larger picture.
I'm not talking about some piecemeal plan. It's a systemic adjustment to changing trends. At the same time, the latest generation is riving less than any generation since the boom of the American automobile. So the effects of delaying driver licenses will not be the same as it might have been on your generation, back when the Flintstones braking system was just hitting the market, amiright??? :lamo
Gosh, I'm not advising we delay their entrance into society. How about we back off the college push in senior year to let them work/volunteer until their early to mid-20's before they head off to the university? Let them get all the stupid teenager crap out of their systems before embarking on one of the most expensive undertakings of their lives up to that point. Let them work at McDonald's and learn how to make money and learn why saving is important, how to show up on time, how to taker directions from your boss, etc? Why send an 18 y/o fresh out of the shelter of HS into the big world of college campuses when you can send a older, more experienced early twenty year old into it, one who might have a more complete picture of how being a responsible adult is supposed to be?
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