Ethics: Drinking Age

A group of college leaders this summer called for a national discussion on whether the legal drinking age for alcohol should be lowered from 21 to 18. Since I’d never want to disappoint the leaders of colleges, I thought we could talk about it today. Is it a good idea for younger people to be allowed to drink? How young? Why do we have a drinking age in the first place? Would more adults drink if it were lowered? What about consumption of alcohol with minor children by their parents? Well, as always, we’ll talk about it.

Links:
Legal drinking age by Wikipedia
Lowering the drinking age by George Will
Colleges' misguided plan for drinking by LA Times
College leaders renew debate on drinking age by LA Times
Should you drink with your kids? by Time
Colleges and teh legal drinking age by LA Times