I mean, they ought to do good for someone, right?
2006-08-09 07:35:21 · 5 answers · asked by Jake 'N' Shakes 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Good luck finding a doctor willing to perform a surgery that they KNOW will kill a patient. It's a direct conflict with the hippocratic oath.
Without the consent of the doomed, this practice, although seemingly noble on the surface, is no less barbaric than the act that lands one on death row.
2006-08-09 08:07:39 · answer #1 · answered by hyperhealer3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say so. of course, there are certain risks involved when you make it beneficial to the average person to have more criminals put to death... I'd recommend reading "The Jigsaw Man" by Larry Niven, a short story about just this ethical issue.
2006-08-09 15:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by dreadpiratekhyron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely... I have been touting this obvious bit of common sense for years... We ought to at least make some good use out of their otherwise worthless carcasses, and I'm willing to bet the potential recipient of a life saving gift would not care one whit that his/her new liver came from a criminal.
2006-08-09 14:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amen to Eggman!
2006-08-09 18:04:03 · answer #4 · answered by Cutelilminxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not without their consent. Frankly, we shouldn't be putting anyone to death anyway. Thou shalt not kill. Period.
2006-08-09 16:27:54 · answer #5 · answered by itsallrelevant 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋