1. Personhood- At what point do rights and obligations accrue to a
developing individual?
The spectrum of opinion is from the moment of conception
(spiritual, before physical zygote) thru physical gestation to birth
and a few years beyond (human infanticide is actually NOT regarded as
murder in some societies)
2. Obligation- If a developing individual is deemed a 'person'
what, if any, duty to that person exists, to provide support?
No person has an 'automatic' claim on the resources of another
person to provide them with support. But, did voluntary action
by the 'host' person create an obligation to the 'dependent' person?
3. Fatal Eviction- If a 'host' person has a right to deny support
to a 'dependent' person, does said 'host' person's right to 'evict'
the 'dependent' person include doing so in such a way that is fatal
to said dependent?
People of sincere conscience can be found on all sides of these three
concerns.
'The unexamined life is not worth living'
Socrates, in Plato, Dialogues, Apology
Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC - 399 BC)
at http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/24198.html
Please also enter the word consciousness at http://www.Google.com
-Terry Liberty Parker
see: 'Your Freedom and the Rigths of Others'
at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/22990
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Mary,
>
> You are FAR too kind.
>
> But I might have to qualify my earlier compliment. It seems Paul
> Ireland MAY have thought of this principle before. His "tape worm
> does not have extra rights" comment takes the same viewpoint.
> Paul, you there? I think Mary just made me understand its
> brilliance. Was that yours?
>
> -Mark
>
>
>
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> "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the
> case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions.
> There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a
> unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill
> its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and
> unjust lawsuits.
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>
>
>
> Mark: Your re-phrasing is exactly right. It's original. I
> always think what you say is brilliant too. At least, I can't
> think of an exception. Mary
>
> mark robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mary,
>
> That's brilliant!
>
> So you are actually not violating the rights of the fetus when
> getting an abortion, even if it had personhood status; because
> you can't violate rights that no person can have. Have I
> rephrased you correctly?
>
> Is that original, or who haven't I been reading?
>
> -Mark
>
>
> ************
> {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote
> "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the
> case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions.
> There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a
> unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill
> its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and
> unjust lawsuits.
> See www.fija.org
> [Please adopt this as your own signature.] }
>
>
> ------------
>
> Suppose that a zygote, fetus, whatever, IS a human being. Why
> shoud it have more rights than you or I or other human beings?
>
> If you or I need a kidney, or a liver, or only a pint of blood
> to survive--and if there is only one person in the world (a
> relative, perhaps) who can be the donor--the law does not insist
> that that person endorse our right to life by donating parts of,
> or use of, their body.
>
> You or I could--and probably would--make out a case that the
> person who refused to donate even a mere pint of blood for us in
> order for us to survive was a very bad person, indeed. And
> probably, they WOULD BE a bad person. Still, under law, no one is
> held down, kicking and screaming, while some of their blood, or
> whatever is extracted from them.
>
> You and I do not have the right to others' bodies, even if it
> makes the difference between life and death for us. Why should
> the unborn?
>
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