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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (7473)	3/5/2001 9:38:38 PM
From: Solon	Respond to of 82486

It seemed to me (and it still does) that you where arguing that we would not own our minds and bodies if she did not and that she would not own her mind and body if she did not have the right to commit suicide. My point was that if SOCIETY did not support the principle of her right to the property of HER mind and body, then it would be unreasonable to presume a reason why society would permit that ownership to anyone else--surely not on any rational grounds that I am able to consider. Certainly, the statement was not meant to suggest that one would CAUSE the other. My statement was about being prevented from the right to die when no other persons were harmed. I have never disagreed with you in the belief that we ought not to murder other persons. Related to the idea of someone owning themselves, is that right transferable No, because actions flow from thoughts, and it is impossible for one to not own their own thoughts. One could promise or contract to turn their will over to another for a certain recompense, but this would violate all laws of contract and exchange in that, in the event that one could transfer the WILL--and thus control (which one cannot)--the party of the one side would not have the capacity to receive consideration of any kind. The right cannot be transferred because it leads to moral and physical contradiction. However, less ambitious trades could be negotiated between free agents, such as serving dinner to someone in a restaurant in exchange for money.