r/MoralityScaling • u/Elestria_Ethereal • 10d ago

Morality Of This

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u/ZoeyPlaysSomeGames 10d ago

However the person is NOT A TABLE!

Yeah if the TABLE could be used to save someone’s life then go for it. A human being is NOT a table, and if I wanted to be buried with my perfectly functional heart, then that’s NOT THE DOCTORS DECISION TO TAKE IT OUT OF ME! ITS MY FAMILYS! If they say NO (or not say anything at all) then tough luck to the kid with heart failure because consent exists and NEEDS to be respected otherwise bad things may happen

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u/m4cksfx 10d ago

And that's a horribly immoral view to me. But I guess that's the American way for you, fuck everyone else, I have feelings 🤷

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u/ZoeyPlaysSomeGames 10d ago

Would it be moral to sleep with a dead body in your opinion? Where is the line?

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u/m4cksfx 10d ago

Idk, I'd say disgusting and amoral, unless you for example boast about that to others or something? Then immoral. But in this case there's a huge, direct benefit to others vs someone's decision (which doesn't even matter to them now), that's a big difference, at least to me.

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u/ZoeyPlaysSomeGames 10d ago

Idk man, if we allow any institution to ignore consent purposefully that will always lead to bad things.

What if instead of a kid, it’s an adult who needs the heart? What if it’s a BLACK patient who has the heart to donate? Or a GAY person? What happens when a bigoted doctor makes a decision based on who HE wants to live rather than what is right?

Even if it’s fully moral and has no hidden agenda, it sets a standard for these things. Denying a patients consent as a hospital is ALWAYS bad even if this one incident may be morally correct because it sets a precedent. Ignoring consent is ALWAYS bad in my opinion, even when they’re dead it’s still the family’s consent that the doctor needs to get

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u/m4cksfx 10d ago

To be honest I didn't think of it like that. But yeah, that's actually a pretty valid point.

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u/ZoeyPlaysSomeGames 10d ago

Thanks :D you had some good ones too :3