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It's not simply 'net' harm, as we would regard surgeons as breaking this principle, if they were to murder a homeless man and distribute his organs to 5 otherwi
by pryce 9y ago
It's not simply 'net' harm, as we would regard surgeons as breaking this principle, if they were to murder a homeless man and distribute his organs to 5 otherwise terminal patients.
Medical ethics is its own field precisely because overeager and overconfident solutions are fraught with problems.
- aethertron 9y agoIf the principle is understood to be applicable with regard to each individual, that would seem to accord with opposition to organ theft.
- Double_a_92 9y agonet harm per person then :D But what about if somebody donates a kidney...? Hm