(June 24, 2014 at 8:50 am)fr0d0 Wrote:The trolley problem has two sets of people. At least one of them must die. Your choice is who dies. It's not kill or not to kill, like you suggested in your example where you wanted me to be the victim!(June 24, 2014 at 8:36 am)pocaracas Wrote: You're changing the premises of the dilemma, here... tss tss tss
How?
(June 24, 2014 at 8:50 am)fr0d0 Wrote: So you're saying that the doctor is equally guilty? Fine.
What should the punishment be for the girl be? Well I don't personally think either should be punished. But if the doctor does something illegal prompted by the girl then he's as guilty as she is.
Statistics time, huh?
https://www.prochoice.org/about_abortion...n_who.html
In the US, a country with roughly 150 million women, about 1.3 million have an abortion, every year.
That's almost 1%.
Imagine all of these women had some legal penalty applied to them for that practice.
1% of US women, every year (not the same group of women every year, but new women, for the most part).
If they get a penalty equivalent to murder... how long must they stay in prison? 20 years?
After 20 years, you'd have almost 20% of US women behind bars. Congratz on solving the problem - less women out there to impregnate, less abortions!
More rape for those who are on the outside, but hey... who cares!?
So the question must be: is abortion the same as murder? Do you want to equate the two? Are you sure?