It seems to be morally acceptable to sell one’s blood, sperm, eggs, and hair. So what’s so unacceptable about selling one’s kidney, for example? And in case people think the forementioned sales are unacceptable, let me make another analogy: it’s okay to get paid to play football — why is using your body as a …
September 2012 archive
Sep 14 2012
Kept Women (and Men)
There is something objectionable about a perfectly-capable-of-working adult being ‘kept’ by another adult. It seems to me the epitome of laziness and immaturity to be supported by someone else, to have someone else pay your way through life. But, I suppose, if someone wants to pay someone else’s way, if a man wants to ‘keep’ …
Sep 06 2012
Vested Interests and Cancers
Vested interest. It sounds so solid. So respectable. So endowed with authority. Like a three-piece suit with a watch on a chain. But what does ‘vested interest’ mean? It means ‘self-interest’. A vested interest is nothing less than a self-interest. And nothing more. But say ‘vested interest’ and, well, say no more. Literally. If I …
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