McLachlan H V
Department of Social Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.
J Med Ethics. 1997 Jun;23(3):176-80. doi: 10.1136/jme.23.3.176.
The issue of abortion is discussed with reference to the claim that people have a right of control over their own bodies. Do people "own" their own bodies? If so, what would be entailed? These questions are discussed in commonsense terms and also in relation to the jurisprudence of Hohfeld, Honore, Munzer and Waldron. It is argued that whether or not women are morally and/or should be legally entitled to have abortions, such entitlements cannot be derived from a general moral entitlement to do what we will with our own bodies since there is no such entitlement. Whether or not we "own" them, we can have rights duties, liabilities, restrictions and disadvantages as well as rights concerning our own bodies.
关于堕胎问题的讨论，涉及到人们对自己身体拥有控制权这一主张。人们真的“拥有”自己的身体吗？如果是，这意味着什么？这些问题将从常识角度以及与霍菲尔德、霍诺雷、芒泽和沃尔德伦的法理学相关的角度进行讨论。有人认为，无论女性在道德上是否有权利以及/或者在法律上是否应该有权堕胎，这种权利都不能从对自己身体随心所欲行事的一般道德权利中推导出来，因为不存在这样的权利。无论我们是否“拥有”自己的身体，我们对自己的身体既可以有权利，也可以有义务、责任、限制和不利之处。
