Abstract
Abstract Adopting the perspectives of two innovators in Western thought, Plato and Rawis, this article addresses the issues of juvenile offenders' rehabilitation and consent. These philosophers have been chosen because they accept as an axiom society's obligation to offer offenders the chance to be rehabilitated. Furthermore, they both emphasize the need to develop reason and cognitive structures as a precondition for moral reasoning and behavior. For Plato, offenders have a sick soul whose parts are in perpetual discord. They must be rehabilitated for their own good, whether they consent to it or not. Rawts adopts a more democratic perspective more attuned to the grey nuances of human motivation and action. Not all offenders are unjust. Some of them have transgressed the social norms to adhere to a more developed notion of justice. Since adult criminals have liberty rights, their consent is required for rehabilitation. By contrast, because they are minors and thus not as competent as adults, juvenile off...
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