vanillee@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoTIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in Idaho, the state just lets it happen.www.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1639arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1631arrow-down1external-linkTIL that almost every year since 2015, Idaho children have died of treatable conditions. Their parents refuse medical care. It's legal in Idaho, the state just lets it happen.www.propublica.orgvanillee@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square99fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoIf I do whatever I want with my paintbrush, that doesn’t imply the paintbrush has agency.
minus-squareLilB0kChoy@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoNo, it doesn’t, but I don’t really understand your point. Agency generally means the capacity of a living being to act independently, make choices, and influence their environment. A minor child has little agency to begin with in an abuse situation and indifference of the legal system strips away even that little bit.
minus-squareWomble@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoI was commenting on your incorrect pedantry correcting a perfectly correct sentence.
If I do whatever I want with my paintbrush, that doesn’t imply the paintbrush has agency.
No, it doesn’t, but I don’t really understand your point.
Agency generally means the capacity of a living being to act independently, make choices, and influence their environment.
A minor child has little agency to begin with in an abuse situation and indifference of the legal system strips away even that little bit.
I was commenting on your incorrect pedantry correcting a perfectly correct sentence.