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> 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 ag
by 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.