Sam Pawlett wrote: > Even if a fetus is a person the rights of the mother override that of a > fetus. Suppose you woke up in a hospital bed with your circulatory > system plugged into the circulatory system of a famous musician. The > musician dies if disconnected before nine months. Does the musician have > a right to your body? Would it be wrong for you to disconnect? (this is > Judith Jarvis Thompson's example). Further, having rights entails an > obligation namely to respect others > rights, something a fetus cannot do. To have a right to x requires being > able to desire x and having a desire requires having a concept of > x,(i.e. understanding what x is), something a fetus cannot have. __________________What kind of a rotten arguments you are producing Sam? Do you think a newly born child has an understanding of what x is? Has a consciousness of his/her rights and obligations? There are many even adults who do not have such consciousness due to many reasons. Are you proposing that all these people should be treated as vegetables? ajit sinha > > >
