Sunday, March 4, 2012

Repost: The bodily integrity objection against the Violinist Analogy

In violinist analogy, unplugging that caused a separation between the violinist and you. If we considering the “unplugging” was replaced by freeing yourself from the violinist by poisoning him or putting him through a powerful suction machine like a jet engine. Thomson’s violinist analogy might not simply separating themselves or cutting a cord that links victim to the violinist. So the methods are actually used for abortion might eventually affecting our decision. The most commonly used methods of abortion like suction curettage, dilation and evacuation, dilation and extraction or partial-birth abortion and induction, those methods killing the fetus by mangling or poisoning in order to remove it from the uterus. Based on consideration of administration method of abortion, the violinist analogy may fail to criticize under the situations of (1) direct intervention against the body of the fetal human, and (2) the death of the human being in uterus is directly caused by this intervention.

3 comments:

  1. 的確小提琴家的例子避重就輕地把母體與胚胎的分離手段淡化了. 但這種淡化也提供了一個更客觀的討論環境,讓人可更理性去為墮胎行為的合理性作出判斷,而不會被手段的人道與否而左右判決。畢竟無論手段如何,分離的結果是最終小提琴家還是要死. 只是被動安樂死抑或主動安樂死的分別.

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  2. I agree with Daniel that the way to disconnect is not a key point (which can be improved if needed), the violinist die anyway. Thomson is trying to use the Violinist Analogy to demonstrate that it would not be morally wrong if you select not to be connected.

    This seems make sense and more related in case of rape. How about others?

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  3. 如果墮胎的對或錯受到手術的辦法左右,那是否代表這行為本身並沒有倫理的普遍性?或者我們不應該受到感性的情感影響到理性的判斷?

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