Periodicals > Res Publica > Volume 25, Issue 3
| Name: | The Right to Be Publicly Naked: A Defence of Nudism |
| Authors: | de Vries, Bouke |
| Indexed Date: | 12 Aug. 2024 |
| Web Link: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11158-018-09406-z |
| Index Status: | Complete |
| Original Language: | English |
| Genre: | Non-Fiction |
| Citation: | de Vries, Bouke. “The Right to Be Publicly Naked: A Defence of Nudism.” Res Publica, Volume 25, Issue 3, Aug. 2019, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11158-018-09406-z |
Summary
The article argues that legal restrictions on nudism in liberal democracies are unjust when public nudity poses no health threat—a conclusion drawn from the consideration of well-being promotion and freedom of expression. The piece seeks to vindicate the claim that states should recognize the liberty to be naked in public as a distinct legal right and refutes common objections such as health and offence concerns. The aim is to show that anti-nudist laws are unjust, and as such, states should recognize the liberty to be publicly naked as a distinct right rather than attempt to secure it through existing laws.