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?