Should people who look and act younger than they are be legally allowed to change their age in order to avoid ageism and discrimination? Joona Räsänen is a bioethicist at the University of Oslo in Norway who has written a paper on the subject, Further defence of legal age change: a reply to the critics, and says they should be, providing they meet three key criteria.
27 Oct 2019
Why older people should be able to change their age
From Sunday Morning, 9:41 am on 27 October 2019
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