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Should an altruistic organ donor be allowed to restrict their donation to a specific group of people? (e.g. women, gingers) (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by night_of_knee@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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An extreme version of this is: What should the German health service do if someone says they are willing to donate a kidney as long as it doesn't go to a Jew?

On the one hand, nobody is forced to donate a kidney and by forbidding this we're making things worse for an innocent patient. On the other hand, it can be seen as the state sanctioning this kind of discrimination.

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[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why shouldn’t people be able to opt out? I

Because you’ll be dead.

[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s still my body.

You wouldn’t condone necrophilia I’m guessing?

[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would.

[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you respect someone when they are alive you should respect them in death too. Only a troll would say they’re okay with people fucking their own dead mothers or mocking dead political enemies.

[–] cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, because it’s not them any more. It’s just remains. I still respect them the same way as before, the remains simply have no real relation.

[–] philluminati@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I find it hard to believe you would genuinely be that composed and detached, if someone ran over your 3yo child and then used their head as a hood ornament for the lols.

However, I guess I have to take you at your word.