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A bioethicist from the University of Oslo in Norway made what he called a “moral case for legal age change,” by allowing individuals to legally change their age from their “chronological age” to either their “biological” or “emotional age.”

Joona Räsänen, who works at the University of Oslo for a project on “epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic development,” recently published an article in The Journal of Medical Ethics, entitled, “A Moral Case for Legal Age Change,” in which he made several arguments for allowing individuals to change their age.

“Suppose that someone feels his age is not correct and wants to make himself legally 20 years younger on the grounds that he is being discriminated against due to his old age,” writes Räsänen, “Should he be allowed to change his legal age? The question is not a joke.”

Räsänen goes on to argue that in some cases, “people should be allowed to change their legal age,” adding that he believes there are three main situations which should allow for a legal age change. The first, being when “the person genuinely feels his age differs significantly from his chronological age,” meaning that an individual feels their age is different “emotionally.”
SOURCE: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/03/20/scholar-makes-moral-case-for-allowing-legal-age-changes-based-on-emotions/