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If my actions were the cause of you needing a kidney, then yes I would owe you one. When you do an action, you are responsible for the consequence of the actio
by Georgelemental 4y ago
If my actions were the cause of you needing a kidney, then yes I would owe you one.
When you do an action, you are responsible for the consequence of the action you performed. The innocent bystander who had no role in performing the action, should not have to suffer the consequences.
- vkou 4y ago> If my actions were the cause of you needing a kidney, then yes I would owe you one. That's a much weaker argument than the one you were making a few hours ago. Here, I thought that you were making the argument that murder is an unconditional wrong, and putting your body autonomy above providing life-saving aid for me is murder. Now it seems like it's a very conditional wrong.
- Georgelemental 4y agoNo, my argument is "murder is an unconditional wrong, and putting your body autonomy above providing life-saving aid for me, given that your actions are the cause of me needing that life-saving aid, is murder." For example, if you stab someone, and then they bleed out because you refused them a blood transfusion (that they only need because you stabbed them), that's murder. More generally, while it's true that you can't murder purely through inaction, all abortion requires performing an action.