Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should public nudity be legal?
Position1 of 2›

Yes, public nudity should be legal

This position holds that the unclothed body is not in itself harmful, so prohibiting it makes an offence of a social convention. On this view the law should address conduct that injures or targets people, not the state of being undressed.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. The law should punish harm, and being unclothed in itself harms nobody
  2. The objection is to a convention, and conventions about the body have shifted repeatedly