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- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright
- © Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-89344-0
- Pages
- 111 –145
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-89346-4_4
- Publisher site
- See Chapter on Publisher Site
Abstract
[This chapter discusses incest, a special case of sexual morality. The Netherlands belongs to the minority of European nations that have decriminalized incest between mature relatives. Dutch law only outlaws sex with minor relatives, in the same breath with prohibiting sex with non-relative dependent minors, such as pupils and minor servants. Dutch legal practice thus matches liberal political theory: it permits incestuous acts between consenting adults; incest with non-autonomous minors, even when voluntary, is prohibited on paternalistic grounds.]
Published: Aug 28, 2018