(July 11, 2015 at 12:36 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote: In both cases, there is a violation of the integrity of the body of someone against their will.
No. If someone wants to not vaccinate their kids they have that choice as long as they keep them out of public schools. It is a choice not a violation. Choices do have consequences.
In order to be allowed to keep their children out of public schools, they must do some other things. They cannot just keep them out of school, but must meet the schooling requirements for their children in some way or other. So there is indeed force in the situation, though you are right that there is a way for them to not have their children vaccinated.
The same, though, applies to my hypothetical situation. You do not have to be forcibly made sterile; if you choose to not have children, no one forces the sterilization on you.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.