Posted: May 16, 2018 11:45 am
jamest wrote:Then secular morality is flawed in this instance, since the principle of bodily autonomy does not and certainly should not favour one individual over the other.
It doesn't favour one individual over the other, it treats them as exactly equal, and this little bit of bollocks is the clearest indication that you' re not getting what bodily autonomy entails. The clump of cells has exactly the same right to bodily autonomy, if it can achieve it. What it doesn't have the right to do is to use the corporeal resources of another without their expressed consent, because that is slavery.
Or we can revisit the notion of you serving as a human dialysis machine against your will again, if you like.
Why is this difficult for you to comprehend? I have no idea.
I agree with the last part.
Btw, it's good to see you posting again. My regards.
Thank you. I missed you, too.