From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!alice!hou5f!hou5d!houxz!houxi!houxa!houxk!houxj!welsch Newsgroups: net.women Title: Abortion - Scenarios Article-I.D.: houxj.209 Posted: Fri Jan 28 14:32:04 1983 Received: Mon Jan 31 19:30:43 1983 The purpose of this article is to present a scenario for thinking about abortion and the right to life. The name of the scenario is "The Singer Scenario," both for the philsopher who thought it up and the key person in the scenario. The Singer Scenario There is a famous cult singer who is dying of a rare blood disease. The cult in an effort to save the singer, knocks you out and abducts you. When you awaken in the morning you are in bed with the singer in a bed next to you and you are connected to the singer through a series of tubes. If you break the connection with the tubes then the singer will die. Minnimum you will have to be connected to the singer for 9 months. Questions: 1. Is it murder if you break the connection? 2. If you were not forcibly connected to the singer are you still morally/legally obligated to be connected? 3. Once having been connected are you morally/legally obligated to remain connected to the singer? 4. What "moral/legal" obligations does society have towards the singer? 5. What moral/legal obligations does society have towards you?