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