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That assumes you want the benefit. If living a 'natural' life is higher on your value scale than preventing a possible infection, then you wouldn't want the va
by tc 17y ago
That assumes you want the benefit.
If living a 'natural' life is higher on your value scale than preventing a possible infection, then you wouldn't want the vaccine even if no one else was getting it either.
Let's say your neighbors want to build a $1M lake. They want you to chip in $50k. You're going to get the 'benefit' of the lake one way or the other. But you don't even like lakes. In fact, you'd prefer they didn't build a lake, as lakes attract mosquitoes, and you are (perhaps irrationally) concerned about infections from mosquitoes. Would it be selfish for you to not chip in? Would it be rightful for them to take the $50k from you by force since you're getting the 'benefit' of the lake?
- gloob 17y agoI'll give you that, with the side note that if "living a 'natural life'" is that important to a person, it would be rather strange for them to spend all their time surrounded by machinery and copper wires and airplanes and roads and tall buildings and clothing. Edit: I'm not saying people should be forced into taking the shots or anything. Just that I'll laugh at people who use reasoning that doesn't begin to make sense to me.
- pkulak 17y agoIn that case, it would not be selfish of you not to chip in, and it would be wrong for them to take it by force. In this case, it is selfish to not get vaccinated, and it is still wrong for anyone to do it by force. One is a pretty view, one is not dying a disease-ridden death.