A Modesty Proposal
The “Duty of Care” Demands Protecting Children from Porn
Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. (Matt. 18:6)
I started watching porn when I was, like, 11. . . . I think it really destroyed my brain and I feel incredibly devastated that I was exposed to so much porn. (Pop singer Billie Eilish, quoted in The Guardian, Dec. 15, 2021)
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David Sandifer teaches ethics and practical theology at Tyndale Theological Seminary in Amsterdam. His Ph.D. (Cambridge, 2014) looked at concerns about the protection of moral innocence in early nineteenth-century Britain. Previously, he served as a pastor in the U.S. and Australia, and he co-founded Porn Harms Kids in Australia (later echildhood.org).
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