“Good observation. One complication is that our lives have become increasingly interdependent. Too often others have to endure the consequences of our “freely made decisions.” I would note that the decisions of each of the parties in the article (father, daughter, and boyfriend) impacted the lives of each other.”
IMO, the parents should have decided that their kids “freely made decisions” should not be a matter of law enforcement, and certainly not vigilante action, but a parental disciplinary and moral question for each set of parents to take up with their kids, and maybe together.
IMO, the parents should have decided that their kids “freely made decisions” should not be a matter of law enforcement, and certainly not vigilante action, but a parental disciplinary and moral question for each set of parents to take up with their kids, and maybe together.
If both were under 16, I would wholeheartedly agree with you. When the 17 year old boy "freely decided" to have intercourse with a girl under the age of consent, he crossed a significant line for all the reasons I mentioned before. He must freely accept the consequences of his free choice.