Meet Joe, the star of todays hypothetical. Joe hates wearing seat belts. He does wear them, but only because its required by law in his state and hes gotten a few too many citations. Joe gets into a serious car accident, but survives. Doctors tell him that without the seat belt, he almost certainly would not have made it. Suppose Joe subsequently joins a campaign to repeal the seat belt law in his state. Suppose he vocally supports the right to choose not to wear a seat belt, and castigates his opponents as a bunch of condescending jerks who dont trust people to make basic decisions. When you point out that he would have died without the seat belt law, he says that if hed died, he wouldnt be aware of it now, so it makes no difference. How would you react to Joe? Would you find it strange that he opposed a policy that had saved his life? Would you be concerned that he had self-esteem issues, that perhaps he didnt think his life was valuable? Would you simply be at a loss for words? blog.secularprolife.org/2014/03/now-that-im-safe-im-pro-choice.html
Posted on: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 10:16:51 +0000
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