You’re putting everything in a market context which naturally introduces economic coercion because money is essential for life in modern society. This is not an argument against bodily autonomy. It’s an argument against capitalism. People can and do donate their organs, noone has a problem with that. The problem is when poor people have no other choice than to sell their organs, and hence, no bodily autonomy.
People can and do donate their organs, noone has a problem with that. The problem is when poor people have no other choice than to sell their organs, and hence, no bodily autonomy.
That would be in conflict with the OP picture/quote then, which is why I agree the OP picture/quote is too broad, but it is presented as an absolute.
We can substitute sex/prostitution here too. People can and do have sex with one another for free. The problem is when poor people have no other choice than to sell their bodies for sex. However, there are nations/cities that have highly regulated prostitution to protect sex workers from violence and exploitation.
Does this mean that sex work should be legal because of the OP quote that the person can choose what to do with their body or does it mean that sex worker’s bodily autonomy should be conditional meaning not legal and the OP quote is not valid?
Whether or not prostitution is legal has no bearing on the question of whether a person is free to have sex with someone, ie their bodily autonomy. Only whether they get paid for it. You’re confusing two different thimgs.
I disagree. “Bodily autonomy” means you own your body and can decide what to do with it.
If the legal system says you can’t engage in sex for money, then the legal system has governance over what you can do with your body. That doesn’t meet the OP quote of “Bodily autonomy be is an essential unconditional liberty”. It is now conditional. You have autonomy, unless you want to do X with it. That’s a condition.
That’s not a criticism of bodily autonomy, that is the criticism of work. In other words, it’s a criticism of capitalism again
Can you truly consent if the alternative is not having money and everything that entails? When the alternative is starvation and homelessness? Sex work is not meaningfully different to work in general here
You’re putting everything in a market context which naturally introduces economic coercion because money is essential for life in modern society. This is not an argument against bodily autonomy. It’s an argument against capitalism. People can and do donate their organs, noone has a problem with that. The problem is when poor people have no other choice than to sell their organs, and hence, no bodily autonomy.
That would be in conflict with the OP picture/quote then, which is why I agree the OP picture/quote is too broad, but it is presented as an absolute.
We can substitute sex/prostitution here too. People can and do have sex with one another for free. The problem is when poor people have no other choice than to sell their bodies for sex. However, there are nations/cities that have highly regulated prostitution to protect sex workers from violence and exploitation.
Does this mean that sex work should be legal because of the OP quote that the person can choose what to do with their body or does it mean that sex worker’s bodily autonomy should be conditional meaning not legal and the OP quote is not valid?
Whether or not prostitution is legal has no bearing on the question of whether a person is free to have sex with someone, ie their bodily autonomy. Only whether they get paid for it. You’re confusing two different thimgs.
I disagree. “Bodily autonomy” means you own your body and can decide what to do with it.
If the legal system says you can’t engage in sex for money, then the legal system has governance over what you can do with your body. That doesn’t meet the OP quote of “Bodily autonomy be is an essential unconditional liberty”. It is now conditional. You have autonomy, unless you want to do X with it. That’s a condition.
That’s not a criticism of bodily autonomy, that is the criticism of work. In other words, it’s a criticism of capitalism again
Can you truly consent if the alternative is not having money and everything that entails? When the alternative is starvation and homelessness? Sex work is not meaningfully different to work in general here
Nope, it has governance over what you can do with your money, your ability to have sex is unaffected. You can’t seem to separate the two things.