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- From: smezias@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Stephen J. Mezias)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Jim, the chastity belt theory, and me, Part 5
- Message-ID: <32842@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 15:12:50 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.064218.17638@panix.com> <32781@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU> <1992Nov17.221107.23870@panix.com>
- Organization: NYU Stern School of Business
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- In article <1992Nov17.221107.23870@panix.com> jk@panix.com (Jim Kalb)
- writes in response to me:
-
- >If the drunk driver were the only possible source of those things, the
- >victim would certainly die if the donation weren't made, and the
- >burden to the drunk driver would b commensurate with the burden to a
- >woman of carrying a pregnancy to term, would you say it would be in
- >principle unjust to force him to make the donation? If so, why?
-
- We're not talking in principle here, Jim, we're talking about the use
- of scarce state resources to protect the rights of citizens. I don't
- think enforcing a policy based on this `principle' would represent a
- good use of state resources. Forced pregnancy laws also differ in an
- important way, they would only punish one class of `drunk drivers'
- with the bodily consequences you prescribe. Hence they would be
- unfair because they would punish based on gender rather than behavior.
-
- SJM
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