Nick Munn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4419871 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nick Munn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nick |
| FAMILY NAME | Munn |
| SIGNATURE | MUNN N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Waikato |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1547-3471 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Corporate responsibility for the termination of digital friends
The real ethical problem with metaverses
Many philosophers hold that the human risks associated with the development and use of metaverses arise primarily from their status–they are unreal in ways that make the experiences within them meaningless and thereby less prudentially valuable. This purported unreality is not merely a result of the virtual or intangible nature of metaverses. Rather, it arises from the idea that, regardless of the experiences, interactions, and affordances of met…
The Trap of Incrementalism in Recognising Children’s Right to Vote
Thirty years on from the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the international norm for the age of political majority remains set at 18 years of age. With few exceptions, those under 18 are denied the right to vote in elections, local or national. Practical efforts to open this new frontier for human rights have primarily been focused on the incremental inclusion of older children into the franchise, via attempts to lower the voting age to 16.…
Friendship and Modern Life
Capacity-testing as a means of increasing political inclusion
Some competent political actors, primarily young people and the cognitively impaired, are excluded from political participation by modern liberal democratic states. This exclusion occurs because the means utilized by states to distinguish between competent citizens (who must be included) and incompetent ones (who may be excluded) are imperfect. They include age restrictions on enfranchisement and, commonly, legal restrictions on enfranchisement f…
Reconciling the Criminal and Participatory Responsibilities of the Youth
This article examines the setting of the ages of criminal and participatory responsibility, noting that criminal responsibility is attributed significantly earlier than is participatory responsibility. I claim that the requirements for participatory responsibility are less onerous than those for criminal responsibility, and question the system that denies youth participatory responsibility. I suggest two methods of resolving this difficulty. Firs…
Capacity testing the youth
In this article, I claim that at least some young people have the requisite capacity for political participation, and that the exclusion of these young people is in breach of the reasonable expectation that all capable citizens are included in democratic processes. I suggest implementing a capacity test for those under the current age of majority. I outline a system of capacity testing for the youth, distinguish this proposal from prior attempts …
Capacity testing the youth
In this article, I claim that at least some young people have the requisite capacity for political participation, and that the exclusion of these young people is in breach of the reasonable expectation that all capable citizens are included in democratic processes. I suggest implementing a capacity test for those under the current age of majority. I outline a system of capacity testing for the youth, distinguish this proposal from prior attempts …
Capacity-testing as a means of increasing political inclusion
Some competent political actors, primarily young people and the cognitively impaired, are excluded from political participation by modern liberal democratic states. This exclusion occurs because the means utilized by states to distinguish between competent citizens (who must be included) and incompetent ones (who may be excluded) are imperfect. They include age restrictions on enfranchisement and, commonly, legal restrictions on enfranchisement f…
Reconciling the Criminal and Participatory Responsibilities of the Youth
This article examines the setting of the ages of criminal and participatory responsibility, noting that criminal responsibility is attributed significantly earlier than is participatory responsibility. I claim that the requirements for participatory responsibility are less onerous than those for criminal responsibility, and question the system that denies youth participatory responsibility. I suggest two methods of resolving this difficulty. Firs…
Capacity testing the youth
In this article, I claim that at least some young people have the requisite capacity for political participation, and that the exclusion of these young people is in breach of the reasonable expectation that all capable citizens are included in democratic processes. I suggest implementing a capacity test for those under the current age of majority. I outline a system of capacity testing for the youth, distinguish this proposal from prior attempts …
Capacity-testing as a means of increasing political inclusion
Some competent political actors, primarily young people and the cognitively impaired, are excluded from political participation by modern liberal democratic states. This exclusion occurs because the means utilized by states to distinguish between competent citizens (who must be included) and incompetent ones (who may be excluded) are imperfect. They include age restrictions on enfranchisement and, commonly, legal restrictions on enfranchisement f…
Friendship and Modern Life
The Trap of Incrementalism in Recognising Children’s Right to Vote
Thirty years on from the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the international norm for the age of political majority remains set at 18 years of age. With few exceptions, those under 18 are denied the right to vote in elections, local or national. Practical efforts to open this new frontier for human rights have primarily been focused on the incremental inclusion of older children into the franchise, via attempts to lower the voting age to 16.…
Corporate responsibility for the termination of digital friends
The real ethical problem with metaverses
Many philosophers hold that the human risks associated with the development and use of metaverses arise primarily from their status–they are unreal in ways that make the experiences within them meaningless and thereby less prudentially valuable. This purported unreality is not merely a result of the virtual or intangible nature of metaverses. Rather, it arises from the idea that, regardless of the experiences, interactions, and affordances of met…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law and economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)