What Is The Age Of Responsibility?

Maturity or Age: Which one is better?

What is the age of responsibility? In the United States many people believe that eighteen is the age of responsibility, because it’s when a citizen is legally considered an adult. Some people may disagree, and say that it’s 21 because it’s when a young adult can legally start drinking. Others say that it should be an older age like 25, or maybe even a younger age. For example, some people think that 16 should be the age of responsibility because that’s when teenagers can get their driver’s license, and are mature enough to handle more responsibility. However, is setting a specific age as the age of responsibility a good idea? Everyone matures at a different rate, so just because someone is 21 does

One example would be when he writes about a man named Justin McNaull. McNaull had already made a lot of life achievements like graduating college, getting married, and joining his local police force. At just 23 years old he was involved in police pursuits, and was risking his life to protect his community. Even though he was allowed to go at 100mph while in a police pursuit, he could not rent a car at an airport because of his age.(1) Greenblatt also mentions that this is a “‘confusing contradiction’” for young people because 16 year olds are allowed to get their driver’s license, and yet a 23 year old cannot rent a car.(2) If young people can drive a car why can’t they rent one? The author also brings up scenarios like how a 20 year old cannot legally have sex with a 17 year old, but in most states a 16 year old can get married with parents’ consent, or how “...a 20-year old Marine, just back from patrolling the streets of Baghdad, would have to turn before he could join a local police force in most cities in the United States.”(3) With these types of situations why does age matter? Whether it be a certain right, job, or relationship why should the government and society be worried about a number rather than someone’s maturity

This isn’t true because any age can be argued easily, and has been argued for awhile. They also might argue that the ages we have now work perfectly fine, and that it works so we shouldn’t change it. The problem with that is the ages are confusing and make no sense, but we can fix that, and make things better for everyone instead of relying on a number to tell us when we’re ready to prove that young people can handle more rights. This same group of people may also argue that having a lot of licenses will be difficult to keep track of, and might be bothersome to carry around. However, this shouldn’t be an issue because people already carry around their driver’s license, multiple credit cards, and maybe even a few important business cards that they like to keep in their wallet or purse. They can simply make more room to put whatever license they know they will need for the day, and stow it