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- From: lebow@psl.nrl.navy.mil
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Caves, Galen (WAS Vegetarianism and abortion)
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:57:17 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan18.215418.23448@rotag.mi.org> kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin
- Darcy) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan10.170320.15365@ncsu.edu> dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu
- (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >>In article <1993Jan10.063657.16609@rotag.mi.org>
- >>kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy) writes:
- >>
- >>> As far as I'm concerned, a woman and her doctor "act in accordance with the
-
- >>> z/e/f's right to life" as long as they
- >>>
- >>> a) kill the z/e/f ONLY as a "mercy killing", i.e. when it is
- >>> pre-viable, and would die anyway shortly after removal,
- >>
- >>This makes no sense at all. Assuming that I have the right
- >>to refuse to support someone who will die without my support,
- >>how does it follow that I should have the right to kill them?
- >
- >If the killing bestows some positive, socially-recognized value to you, and
- >it doesn't make any difference to them, yes. It's a highly qualified moral
- >right, but a moral right nonetheless.
- >
- > - Kevin
- >
- Kevin -
-
- I don't understand your definition of "mercy killing" at all. If someone dumps
- a dolphin in my swimming pool and I remove it, leaving it on the lawn to "die
- anyway after removal" , is that "mercy killing"? Maybe I misunderstand your
- point. I see the logic of bodily autonomy arguments to a point, but your
- criterion seems to be much different.
-
- - Paul
-