From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie
Newsgroups: net.women
Title: Re: Abortion - Scenarios
Article-I.D.: watarts.1685
Posted: Wed Feb 16 09:17:25 1983
Received: Wed Feb 16 23:54:50 1983
Reply-To: bernie@watarts (Bernie Roehl)
References: houxj.209

In reply to your questions :
  1.  Is breaking the connection murder?
	No.  I have no obligation to keep support the life of anyone else.
	If he can survive without being connected to me, or can find a
	*volunteer* to provide life-support, fine; forcing me to keep him
	alive is infringing on my basic freedom.
  2.  What if I hadn't been forced into the situation?
	If I had *voluntarily* chosen to provide the singer with life-
	support, then I have a moral (and possibly legal, if we'd signed
	any sort of agreement) obligation to continue doing so.
  3.  What moral/legal obligations do I have towards the singer?
	See (1) and (2) above.  Effectively, the answer is "none".
  4.  Does society have any moral/legal obligations to the singer?
 	Of course not.  "Society" doesn't *have* 'moral and legal obligations',
	since "society" is not an independent, free-willed individual.
	"Society" is made up of individuals, each of whom has to make his
	or her own moral decisions.  "Society" doesn't owe anybody anything.
  5.  What moral/legal obligations does society have towards me?
	None.  See (4).
				--Bernie Roehl
				...decvax!utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie