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Actually, the analogy is not bad. There are a few flaws, though: one, you are in no sense responsible for the musician's situation. If rape and incest are excluded, the presumption is that one is responsible for the "accident". Second, being hooked up to the musician is, under current technology, incapacitating, while pregnancy ordinarily permits substantial freedom of action. Third, we hold relatives more responsible for coming to one another's aid than non- relatives. Fourth, the situation, being unique, does not have the broad, degrading social impact of abortion. Now: yes, you have the right to refuse, although it is likely that one has a moral obligation to help. By the way, one does have a legal obligation to help, including at some personal inconvenience and risk, in various emergency situations, including those involving strangers. Further, if one has peculiar qualifications (for example, if one is a doctor), the obligation becomes greater, so it is really a question of where, all things considered, the line is to be drawn........... |
