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Quote by: HelioPrime  Because I can't look at it from that perspective. Prostitution is wrong. To agree that legalizing it might reduce some problems would be ammo for libertarians and other secularist to demand it be legalized. |
While everyone is free to decide for themselves what is right and wrong, and base their life decisions accordingly, in a democratic society, the only justification there can be for the illegalization of some activity is proof that it irreparably harms the flourishing (personal life successes) of a sizeable majority of the community (otherwise, it strays from the logical form of a democratic society and becomes something else -- continual reference to the society as a 'democracy' is nominal, not actual or real).
It is on this condition only, a willingness not to forcefully inflict oneself on others in a decisively unfair manner, that a democratic society can exist. If people desire control too much to abide by that, then they should go live somewhere else where values are mandated rather than formed on basis of one's own experience of what is good and bad.
On the prostitution issue -- as with any law made by an earthly, democratic government, it can only be considered in light of what appears likely to reduce the problems of society while respecting the rights of individuals. In the logical context of a democratic society, that is both fair and just.