Westin Anna
St. Mary's University, London, UK.
New Bioeth. 2014;20(2):153-73. doi: 10.1179/2050287714Z.00000000050.
This paper addresses key philosophical and social questions that shape the contemporary discourse on prostitution. The initial section outlines the contemporary challenges facing legislative practice on prostitution in England. This involves analysing moral and legal framework surrounding prostitution that has made the current legislative dilemma surrounding prostitution practice possible. The second part of the paper then outlines the history of the philosophy of human rights from Aquinas to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). The paper concludes by analysing whether the current ontology employed by human rights theory is effective in creating a system of just relatedness between agents, made visible in concrete legislative guidance. I argue that legislation guided by a fragmented teleology and ontological anthropology enables asymmetrical patterns of relatedness that can cause genuine physical and psychological harm to individuals.
本文探讨了塑造当代关于卖淫问题论述的关键哲学和社会问题。第一部分概述了英国卖淫立法实践面临的当代挑战。这包括分析围绕卖淫的道德和法律框架，正是这个框架导致了当前围绕卖淫实践的立法困境。本文的第二部分接着概述了从阿奎那到《世界人权宣言》（1948年）的人权哲学历史。本文最后分析了人权理论目前所采用的本体论在创建一个主体间公正关联体系方面是否有效，这种有效性在具体的立法指导中得以体现。我认为，由碎片化的目的论和本体论人类学所指导的立法会导致不对称的关联模式，从而可能对个人造成真正的身心伤害。
