Let's face it, they aren't going to do us any good when we die. Its best to save someone else's life. OR, we could sell our organs before we die.
2006-12-12 13:59:58 · 6 answers · asked by ZORRO 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
I think a better idea would be to PAY the people in advance if they're volunteering their organs so they can do things like afford better quality food and get a gym pass. Of course then some people may claim some modicum of control over how you treat "their" pre-organs.
Of course then what's the next "logical" step - to mandate donating organs BEFORE they die? After all, you don't really NEED two legs, or lungs; right?
No, I think letting people do as they will with their lives sounds just fine.
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Then again, would paying someone just lead to someone from a first-world country just going to a third-world person and buying their organ for $10?
2006-12-12 17:32:37 · answer #1 · answered by sincere12_26 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I see your point but there are discripencies in your views. First of all I feel that it's the person's choice whether they want to donate or not it's their freedom of choice. Secondly and i don't mean every hospital does this but there has been incidences where they have taken someone's organs without permission and the family doesn't find out until after the procedure had been done. this isn't right.Have you ever seen a body after their organs have been removed? it isn't a pretty sight.I would hate to see one of my relatives go thru that even if they were dead.
2006-12-12 22:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by shuggabhugga05 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it should not. Your body is, by definition, YOUR property. Property has a few basic rights, one of which is the right of alienability (or right to dispose of it). This means that you have the right to dispose of your bodily organs in the manner you choose, or to not dispose of them at all. Although you can't sell your organs, you can give them away (so it is still alienable, just not profitable) in any manner you choose as long as it complies with health code. Basically, you can donate or give to science. But, because the right of alienability is a primary right of property, you should NOT have to donate your organs. Once that line is crossed, it becomes easier and easier to limit what you can and can't do with your own body (including having children, getting tattoos, cutting your hair, dressing as you please, etc.).
2006-12-12 22:23:30 · answer #3 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I realize that you're trying to think of the public good, but when the state has a right to say what is to become of my body after I'm dead, I'm leaving.
In china prisoners are used as organ donors, is that right. I'm afraid that if the state has rights such as you describe someday someone will be running down the street yelling "Soilent Green is People!"
2006-12-12 22:08:26 · answer #4 · answered by last_defender 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, it has been tried in some countries, and it does increase the supply of organs. My concern has always been over-eager surgeons. I want to be QUITE sure I'm dead before they start taking spare parts - and this legislation might make it more tempting for them to start cutting prematurely.
2006-12-12 22:27:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no, it makes good sense but I dont support any law which makes a choice for you.
2006-12-12 22:07:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋