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Should rape and murder be legal in the virtual world?
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April 13th, 2015
I read an interesting article in Ars Technica yesterday, that describes a play that recently closed in NY, but continues to play in London.
Please read the link attached.
The underlying issue (there’s obviously much more to it than this) – is that rape, murder, and all sorts of nasty stuff takes place in a virtual world – not in the real world. If this were the ‘actual’ world, these would be arrestable and imprisonable offenses. But these take place in the virtual world.
Where does the virtual environment stop and actual life begin? Is a rape any less heinous if it is done on a screen?
My inclination is that the virtual world is just that – not real, and therefore none of these acts could be criminal. But it’s a disturbing question.
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