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Just want to throw this out there for folks who don't realize the origins of this argument: Google "Judith Jarvis Thomson violinist critique"
by jxramos 10y ago
Just want to throw this out there for folks who don't realize the origins of this argument: Google "Judith Jarvis Thomson violinist critique"
- cb18 10y agoThanks for providing that. Thomson grants for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life Thomson says, abortion does not violate the fetus's legitimate rights, but merely deprives the fetus of something—the use of the pregnant woman's body and life-support functions—to which it has no right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion This has a real sleaziness to it. Her argumentation is to separate into two, something that cannot logically be separated. It's like saying you have a "right to breathe all you want from our oxygen rich biosphere," ... while in outer space. I'll say this again, because it has just struck me so strongly, and it is so strange. What is it about our society that we have people so passionately arguing for killing off our progeny?