So some more thoughts on the “what about vaccine mandates” question regarding bodily autonomy.
As I’ve said, I do not think that the government should be able to imprison someone for not getting a vaccine or forcibly vaccinate people against their will. (Which *isnt* what’s happening with vaccine mandates.)
But I dont have a problem with there being vaccine requirements for travel or holding certain jobs.
You should always have sovereignty over your own body and medical choices, whether that’s about getting chemo therapy, having an abortion, or getting a vaccine. Full stop. Non-negotiable. Your body is yours.
But you are not entitled to a specific job or vacation. If your job is requiring a vaccine, and you opt out of getting vaccinated, then you are opting out of that job.
♀️ bodily autonomy doesnt mean “I get to do whatever I want all the time with no consequences.” it means that decisions surrounding your body and health require your consent.
Thanks.
Do you feel the same way about employers firing women for being pregnant or having abortions? Or choosing not to cover abortions / birth control in company healthcare?
Abortions arent contagious and dont constitute a public health threat. Thanks. ✌
Dave: “According to my interpretation of him [Graf/me], we can use is-statements to describe what rights are and to determine what is a violation of rights. The only ought-statement in the area of rights answers the simple question, ought we to fulfill the duties defined by property rights? (In case I am not being clear, note that Graf does not claim that this is the only ought question in the realm of morality, just the only ought-statement that pertains to this particular subject, property rights.)”
I think this is a good representation of one of the main points I was making, yes (although “rights” is problematic, as so much easy confusion is associated with the word, so I use NAP violations, as defined within, to be more specific).
I argue that the use of the word “ethics” in Rothbard’s and Hoppe’s works (right in the titles) has also helped cement confusion in this area. They were speaking almost entirely of property theory, which is within the domain of legal theory. “Ethics” has been used in Austrian circles to differentiate some “not economics” issues from economics; the problem being that there was more than one field that was “not economics” for these purposes and this fact was more profound than was generally recognized. I argue that ethics proper is one such field while property/legal theory is quite another (and, linked by praxeological, counterfactual method, relatively closer to (Misesian) economics than to ethics).
The simplest illustrative version is to say that property/legal theory tells what theft IS, while ethical theory can offer advice on whether or not one ought to engage in activities thereby defined as theft. Totally different issues. Ethical theory advises on action decisions; property/legal theory does the defining: “So now that you know what theft is (thanks to property/legal theory), what are you going to do about it? (consult ethics, etc.).”
By this point, legal positivism is irrelevant to understanding in terms of justice, and the Matrix has been exited. NAP violations are defined in the context of a specific field of knowledge with its own methods and validity criteria that are completely independent of the claims of any jurisdiction and indeed regardless of time or place. Specifics of time and place are addressed under interpretation (Mises’s “thymology”) and legal practice (which has/should have its own ethical principles!), as distinct from legal theory itself.
Intestines are so under-rated!!! Like when you are eating something, you always thank your stomach. And when you are hungry, you only consider your stomach as hungry. It is the intestines who are laboriously work and digest your food and make sure you get your nutrients.Bless the intestines!
Because today, we celebrate our right to say yes, our right to say no, our right to decide, our right to be independent, our right to be different, our right to speak, our right to belong to ourselves, our right to live. . . . . #DíadelaMujer #womensday #mujer #mujeres #woman #women #warriors #guerreras #miabsurdaosadia #handsup #manosarriba #derechos #rights #myright #miderecho #love #amor #drawing #dibujo #ilustracion #illustration #draw #digitaldraw #dibujodigital #digitaldrawing #ipadpro #miabsurdaosadia https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca23a_lJ7q3/?utm_medium=tumblr
A Very Short Fact: On this day in 1959, the United Nations adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, an expansion of the document first adopted by the League of Nations in 1924, in an attempt to protect and promote child rights all over the world.
“In addition to direct aid to children and their families, the United Nations has passed resolutions and initiated treaties establishing and attempting to enforce children’s rights. Going far beyond the 1924 and 1959 declarations, the 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child offered a wide-ranging affirmation that the best interests of the child should guide all policies and decisions regarding childhood. The convention’s forty articles reflect all of the concerns, values, and issues that had swirled around the idea of childhood throughout the previous century, including health, education, freedom of speech and religion, and the right to a name and nationality. The UN’s Committee on the Rights of the Child oversees the enforcement of its provisions. Although the United States was involved in the drafting of the convention, it remained the only nation not to have ratified it as of 2017. Although the convention’s many qualifications made it sound like an agreement among lawyers recognizing the complications of trying to issue dictums applicable to dozens of political and legal systems, it had far more teeth than other efforts to provide protection for all the world’s children.
In addition to primary care programs related to nutrition and health, the UN has worked to eliminate child marriage, provide standards for children’s rights within families and the treatment of refugees, eliminate child prostitution and child pornography, and discourage the exploitation of children in armed conflicts. Despite these efforts, and the decided improvements they brought to millions of children’s lives, economic, military, and environmental conditions keep many children in distress. In 2000 an estimated 100 million school-age children were out of school, 50 million were working in harsh conditions, 30 million were involved in sex trades, 150 million were malnourished, and millions more had been orphaned by or suffered from AIDS.” — From ‘The History of Childhood: A Very Short Introduction’ by James Marten
(ID: eight images with pastel rainbow backgrounds, there are black curved lines bordering each corner and black text in the center of every image; the text reads 1) “transgender and pro-choice”, 2) “include trans people in your abortion rights advocacy”, 3) “pro-choice and childfree without apology”, 4) “bodily autonomy is a human right”, 5) “this isn’t gods will you’re just an asshole”, 6) “not subject to the rules of your religion”, 7) “my body my life my future my choice”, 8) “forced pregnancy is torture”.)
Give yourself permission. . This mantra card and others are available at my Big Cartel shop. Link in bio (or google Eldritch Tree Big Cartel). . #mantra #mantracard #flower #rights #space #love #selflove #affirmation #graphicart #graphicdesign #illustration #queerart #magick #occultart #occultism #eldritch #eldritchtree #eldritchtreeprints #phillyartist #motivationalquotes #motivation #meditation #contemplation #gaywitch #queerwitch #artistoninstagram #smallart #art #print (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZVd7FnNL-/?igshid=4f1x214pu4ib
seen at the counter-protest against the demonstration of the Identitarian movement Austria, Vienna 11.06.2016
The Identitarian movement say they promote the love of their home, country and culture and see it endangered by the thousends of reffugees comming across the borders to Austria.
The counter-protesters see the Identitarian movement as a fascist, far-right movement, that promotes hatered against foreigners, especially Muslims. They support the right to leave a war torn country and seek help elswhere.
This sharp-witted lawyer, activist and writer, Harriet McBryde Johnson, once described herself as a “disabled, liberal, atheistic Democrat,” but like any Push Girl, her incredible achievements defied categorization. As a very public face of the disability rights movement, she regularly blew minds and challenged assumptions - helping people to get their Social Security, standing up for Congress in the public battle over Terry Schiavo, and speaking up against the “pity based tactics” of certain charity organizations. This wheelchair using Push Girl may be gone, but her fire still burns bright!
Tell your friend she’s got a little Harriet in her. Reblog now to give her a little push.
Students march and light flares during the second day of a student strike in Madrid, Feb. 26, 2015. Across Spain students are protesting changes in the system of university degrees.
trans women are women. trans men are men. us sexy other bitches are whatever the goddamn hell we want to be. we are all exactly what we were always meant to be
“We form such strong emotional bonds with machines that people can’t be cruel to them even though they know they are not alive. So should robots have rights?”
#postelection | #fear: Nell’aftermath delle elezioni americane, il New York Times ha chiesto a nove artisti di disegnare e descrivere le proprie paure. Tra i lavori, c’è anche quello dell’artista nigeriana-americana Toyin Ojih Odutola:
“I fear the regression of rights and policies that protect us. But I still exist and I am still working – and that is so affirming.”
NARA archivist and subject matter expert, Elizabeth Burnes, will host a Twitter chat tomorrow, Tuesday, November 15th at 2pm ET/1 pm CT about immigration stories that can be found in NARA’s holdings. Join her and thousands of others on Twitter to learn about the history of race, U.S. immigration and nationality law. This is part of the #RightsAndJustice National Conversations series.
![Mind Map #42: [My Rights] Disclaimer: This is loosely based off of a document called The Personal Bi](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdn8bxcsiw1ru4tgjo1_1280.jpg "Mind Map #42: [My Rights] Disclaimer: This is loosely based off of a document called The Personal Bi")
