Vaccine passports and the recalibration of social ethics

Apr 13, 2021 by Jill

by Tom Moran, The Critic:

[…] Autonomy over one’s own body is absolute — one of the most fundamental rights in a civilised society. So important is this autonomy that it even extends beyond our own death. Our organs may only be harvested for life-saving transplants with our prior consent. Becoming an organ donor (another good thing to do) was, until very recently, an opt-in system. Again, there is no reward for participating and no punishment for abstaining.

Any medical intervention that is for the benefit of society, with no conceivable benefit for the individual, must always be voluntary. The rights, freedoms or opportunities conferred on an individual in society should never be contingent on participation in such an act.

Imagine if blood donation was a prerequisite for going to the theatre. Imagine if you had to show your organ donor card in order to get into a restaurant. Imagine if you had to donate bone marrow before you could go to a football game. Imagine if you had to accept any socially beneficial medical intervention before you were entitled to chemotherapy on the NHS.

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