Not that I’m arguing that prostitution is actually equivalent to murder for hire. I think they are very different things. My point is that if we use the argument presented by Nussbaum in her op/ed, we don’t actually have any criteria by which to say that murder for hire is different from prostitution or any other activity that generates incomee because she appears to have intentionally avoided that question.

My suggestion is that those who would argue about whether or not prostitution should be legalized should first argue about what makes an action just or unjust. And then use the criteria for justice to evaluate the act of prostitution. Nussbaum may have done that elsewhere. She didn’t do that in her op/ed.

Not that I’m arguing that prostitution is actually equivalent to murder for hire. I think they are very different things. My point is that if we use the argument presented by Nussbaum in her op/ed, we don’t actually have any criteria by which to say that murder for hire is different from prostitution or any other activity that generates incomee because she appears to have intentionally avoided that question.

My suggestion is that those who would argue about whether or not prostitution should be legalized should first argue about what makes an action just or unjust. And then use the criteria for justice to evaluate the act of prostitution. Nussbaum may have done that elsewhere. She didn’t do that in her op/ed.