tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196547498235237605.post2658869170034335327..comments2023-08-22T09:13:46.308-04:00Comments on Computing Ignorance: Organ Transplantation QuestionMozglubovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04803674886685831282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196547498235237605.post-89856319568366326702009-01-24T20:15:00.000-05:002009-01-24T20:15:00.000-05:00While I myself have signed up to be an organ donor...While I myself have signed up to be an organ donor and agree that, once I am dead, I have no further use for this body (although I suspect I disagree strongly with the author on what happens to the soul after death). However, mandatory organ donations, or even an opt out system bothers me because I do not trust the 'system' to always do the right thing. Look to the recent experience in China if you want to know where that slippery slope can lead. Some things it is better the state stay out of, because that 'greater good' you think it will deliver may result ultimately in a greater evil that is worse than the current situation.<BR/>MDBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196547498235237605.post-35318201974858694212009-01-24T18:06:00.000-05:002009-01-24T18:06:00.000-05:00From an aesthetic point of view, if no other, a de...From an aesthetic point of view, if no other, a dead body is worthy of respect. But otherwise it certainly should be available for transplants. It is interesting that more and more are opting for cremation. If that is so and there are no religious reasons for the body to remain whole, why not have it automatically available for transplants. Have persons opt out instead of in.<BR/>GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196547498235237605.post-70621411373583527892009-01-22T19:09:00.000-05:002009-01-22T19:09:00.000-05:00I will ask that question if I find myself in a sim...I will ask that question if I find myself in a similar situation.<BR/><BR/>It's a pretty fundamental part of my personal ethics that a person owns their own body, and I'm pretty much universally opposed to government run opt-out programs of any sort.<BR/><BR/>However, I totally agree with this one, because it is also a fundamental concept that dead bodies are not people. However squeamish or off-putting it may be, I think its not only useless, but harmful to think of a corpse as anything but a lump of meat. Not something worthy of respect or dignity, and certainly not something capable of owning property.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06171588107770126499noreply@blogger.com