The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan

Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by jxramos on Thursday October 13, 2016 @07:18PM (#12704999)

Just want to throw this out there for folks who don't realize the origins of this argument: Google "Judith Jarvis Thomson violinist critique"

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Re:The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 awarded to Bob Dylan by cb18 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:02PM (#12705479)

Thanks for providing that.

Thomson grants for the sake of argument that the fetus has a right to life

Thomson says, abortion does not violate the fetus's legitimate rights, but merely deprives the fetus of something—the use of the pregnant woman's body and life-support functions—to which it has no right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Defense_of_Abortion

This has a real sleaziness to it. Her argumentation is to separate into two, something that cannot logically be separated.

It's like saying you have a "right to breathe all you want from our oxygen rich biosphere," ... while in outer space.

I'll say this again, because it has just struck me so strongly, and it is so strange. What is it about our society that we have people so passionately arguing for killing off our progeny?

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