(1) routine child vaccinations are necessary to protect others. (2) if routine child vaccinations are necessary to protect others then routine child vaccinations should be mandatory. -- with modus ponens from (1) (2) -- (3) routine child vaccinations should be mandatory.
routine child vaccinations are necessary to protect others.
if routine child vaccinations are necessary to protect others then routine child vaccinations should be mandatory.
routine child vaccinations should be mandatory? by refusing vaccination, parents increase the risk that their child (and themselves) will harm others. for this reason, the state must take the guardianship as far as childhood vaccination is concerned.