(December 8, 2014 at 2:38 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Ugh, don't know how many times I have to say this.. I'm not now (or ever) talking about an inherent property of reality that bestows rights into humans, I'm speaking from a moral system that values human wellbeing.And I don't know how many times I need to say that there are other moral systems and you can't demonstrate that yours is better than the others.
Quote:If you value human wellbeing, confiscating the agency of someone over their own body is monstrous.First, again, you presume that there's something to take away.
Do you think the father taking agency away from the woman is moral?
Second, from your own goal of well-being, yes, it could certainly be better for the girl's long-term well-being to have the father make certain decisions for her. When I was a teen I put drugs into my body and got a girl pregnant. My well-being would likely have been enhanced if my parents had exercised more control over my body.