Ambush motion, introduced by David Crisafulli, aimed at preventing potential public disunity in LNP ranks by ensuring MPs won’t be forced into a conscience vote
I’m an American so how y’all govern yourselves is none of my business
Fwiw the person you’re talking to isn’t Aussie either. They’re Canadian.
Anyway, my answer is that is fundamentally does not matter whether the foetus is alive or not. Even if we stipulate to the claims that they are alive, no person is obligated to use their own body to sustain another person.
I know I’m replying to this late, but just wanted to say that’s not a perspective I had considered, thanks for sharing it. I don’t know that I look at it the same way you do, but I appreciate the opportunity to see the issue through another perspective
That was genuinely fascinating, the Wikipedia page for her essay was very helpful. They’re obviously metaphors and aren’t 1:1 comparable but that gave me some things to think about, and I appreciate you sharing it with me :)
If nothing else I really enjoyed how surreal and even kinda science fiction the examples were
Fwiw the person you’re talking to isn’t Aussie either. They’re Canadian.
Anyway, my answer is that is fundamentally does not matter whether the foetus is alive or not. Even if we stipulate to the claims that they are alive, no person is obligated to use their own body to sustain another person.
Oath
I know I’m replying to this late, but just wanted to say that’s not a perspective I had considered, thanks for sharing it. I don’t know that I look at it the same way you do, but I appreciate the opportunity to see the issue through another perspective
Hope you have a good one :)
Hey thanks, I appreciate it. It’s not an idea of my own creation though. It comes from the “famous violinist” thought experiment.
Interesting, I’ve never heard of it, I’ll have to go look it up :)
That was genuinely fascinating, the Wikipedia page for her essay was very helpful. They’re obviously metaphors and aren’t 1:1 comparable but that gave me some things to think about, and I appreciate you sharing it with me :)
If nothing else I really enjoyed how surreal and even kinda science fiction the examples were