If you had days to live without a heart transplant, and a healthy one became available from a recently deceased man who was known to have raped and murdered children, would you accept it?
Would your answer differ if you were the desperate parent of a child in need of the transplant, and the surgeon sought your authority to replace your childs failing heart with that of the healthy rapists?
2006-08-23 09:18:23 · 54 answers · asked by jessie_h_christ 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Of course you'd accept it! For yourself, or your dying child. Then at least the worthless piece of scum could serve some useful purpose.
2006-08-23 09:22:31 · answer #1 · answered by graytrees 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"No" - I definitely would not. I think it was a Sunday Times magazine, some time ago. They did an article on transplants. They talked to the Donor's relatives/friend & the donor Receivers. It was quite startling how the donor took on memories, likes and dislikes that they did not have before the transplant, but emerged after the transplants. The journalist then discovered, that these new traits were also that of the dead donor. Examples, I half-remember, were: Like wearing colours the dead person wore, liking music they had never liked before, but the dead donor did.....
Taking that to the worst possible scenario - the rapist's hidden emotional triggers, could be then triggered off in the Reciever of the transplant.
Creepy. I shiver when I am writing this.
2006-08-23 13:46:47 · answer #2 · answered by Student 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a recent kidney transplant recipient, the only info you receive is what area the donor came from such as north, south etc, their age, sex, what they died from and if they had any family. You do not receive any other information. Therefore your question is not possible as you don't find that information out.
Once you have been diagnosed with a chronic illness and your quality of life is so poor for yourselve and your family, and your treatment is so draining and demanding, your life is put on hold, you do see things in a different light. I'm not saying that you would feel differently about receiving a donor heart from a rapist, but then you have been on the waiting list with a chronic shortage and you don't know when the next donor will come, would you want to risk your life? But as I say you would never know that information anyway.
JJ
2006-08-23 14:14:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why the hell not? I think the fact that it came from a rapist would make the choice even easier. Who cares where the heart comes from? It's not like we're in a horror movie where the soul of the deceased person will posses me and make me a rapist, I still have a little thing called my brain. I don't know if you are looking for some sort of spiritual answer like I wouldn't take it because it's tainted with the deeds of a mad man, but I think it's just a friggin' organ, who cares where it comes from.
2006-08-23 09:24:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A physical heart and the emotional/spiritual heart are not remotely the same thing. The physical heart pumps blood…and if yours has failed, then you would accept any that came along.
Fortunately (or in some cases unfortunately), there is no medical technology that can transplant the emotional/spiritual heart. So, yes I would take the heart. Yes, I would have my child receive that heart.
2006-08-23 09:59:45 · answer #5 · answered by Maddog Salamander 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would accept a rapist's heart if I needed a heart transplant to live. I see "heart" as a precious muscle that is absolutely not influenced by criminal behaviours.
I would accept without any hesitation that a heart from such a criminal person was transplanted into my kids, and anyone precious to me.
I see "heart" as a vital muscle, that's all. It doesn't bear criminal data in itself.
Anyway, I live in France, and my nation transplants anonymous organs: the transplanted person is not able to get any detail about what was the life of the dead person who gives organs.
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When we feel something in our "heart", we actually feel those emotions like coming from our chest - not from the heart-muscle.
2006-08-24 02:52:02 · answer #6 · answered by Axel ∇ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It makes the decision easier because there would be one less b****** in the world and his body would be going to a positive cause like saving a child's life or your life.
The rapist's heart isn't going to make you or the child a bad person, the heart just pumps blood around the body, it doesn't think or send messages to other body parts like the brain does.
Save an Innocent, decent person, Get rid of the a**holes.
2006-08-23 10:56:44 · answer #7 · answered by Nyx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I would accept it. It's an organ, and if it's healthy and I would live, I would take it. It's just his heart, not his mental or emotional health. And I'm pretty sure a rapists heart would be too large for a child to take. They're at two seperate stages in life.
2006-08-23 09:35:06 · answer #8 · answered by aen935 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The physical rapist cannot enter into us through a heart transplant. Rapist was a rapist and that nature remained in his mind (nor heart). So no problem, anyone can accept his heart because it must be a stronger one.
2006-08-24 18:22:46 · answer #9 · answered by latterviews 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe it would affect me in any negative way so I know I would accept it.
This is a great question. I know I would accept it, but how would I feel about it...
I think I would truly feel that maybe God was allowing this person to do some good before passing on, maybe forgiving them by giving them once last chance to do some good for society.
Then I would be helping someone get forgiveness for these terrible crimes or would I be helping God and anything but trusting his judgement would be wrong.
Hummm, I guess I would have to go with God and let him decide, he is far more wise than I, but I would think about that the rest of my life. I am a believer and I feel bad because I cannot help but wonder sometimes.
We are not supposed to have any doubt in our belief, but I have a tiny bit, and I do not like it,,, but cannot seem to overcome it.
2006-08-23 09:28:51 · answer #10 · answered by MrPurrfect 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypothetically speaking it isn't possible for you to know the donor.
Donors are usually anonymous and are kept anonymous for both parties sake.
The dillema most people face about taking a rapists heart is that many people have heard of cases of "cell memory." Where part of the donor's traits are 'given' so to say, to the patient recieving the organ. This isn't scientifically proven and people are defined by how they grew up, not by the organ's they have.
A healthy heart is a healthy heart.
If you need one, then accept the one given to you.
2006-08-23 09:27:53 · answer #11 · answered by Michelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋