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I don't disagree with you on policy, I'm just pointing out that thought experiments pushed to their logical extreme don't really make sense. Before your body w
by smhost 10y ago
I don't disagree with you on policy, I'm just pointing out that thought experiments pushed to their logical extreme don't really make sense.
Before your body was formed, there was no "you", so the concept of ownership didn't apply. The "offender" in that case was the laws of physics, or some deity if you prefer.
- kemayo 10y agoI suppose that if we want to take the "a legitimate right to appropriate natural resources and make exclusive use of what you transform said resources into" argument to its own silly-extreme, we could say that slavery is a natural right, because that sounds like a fairly good description of parents making a baby.
- aminok 10y agoI don't follow. What offender?