(January 3, 2022 at 8:31 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote:(December 31, 2021 at 9:31 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: ...can she? Only in a world where no one is contemplating what they would do to her on account of it. Not this world.
Sure she can. Even in this world.
She can say to herself, "These assholes outside the hospital room want to control my body. And they have all kinds of 'moral' justifications for their efforts. Sure. But this fact is, the rightness or wrongness of the act is independent of their coercive efforts."
Look at it this way: I smoke pot. Have for years. I grew up in a time when there was a mild moral stigma attached too it (small town Appalachia). At one point I weighed the moral implications of smoking pot for myself. I found that there was nothing morally wrong with the act... despite its legal status.... despite the attitudes, intentions, or coercive efforts of those around me.
Women can do much the same concerning abortion. Anyone can do much the same concerning any moral reflection concerning any moral act. In fact, I consider dismissing social norms and mores for what they are STEP ONE for any genuine contemplation of ethics concerning an issue.
I think that medical abortions are more complicated than a person making 'individual' moral decisions. Yes, the woman can morally decide 'I want an abortion', but after that a whole complex system becomes involved in the abortion process (legal, medical, financial,....) and it involves other individuals who may or may not take positions/actions based on her choice.
Making the choice is just the first step.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
