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There’s always an opinionated default about everything. Having the default be no organ donation is as much a decision of the state as having the default be the

• conanbatt 7y ago
  I think I understand the general point, but in this particular case the default is obviously you can't mess with a dead body. You can't go to a cemetery and dig up corpses because "they didn't opt-out of grave-robbery". I would say that the body naturally falls under the concept of private property, which is why it is heinous to desecrate bodies and their belongings when people die. What's crazy to me is that this problem looks so easy to resolve: if you want organ donors, pay for them. A form of reverse insurance: that will get you people in.
  • mikeash 7y ago
    What makes it obvious? Just because it has usually been done that way in the past? Paying for organ donors comes with a host of problems. It’s far from easy.
    • conanbatt 7y ago
      Because you wouldn't take things from a corpse in any other situation, as it is considered unsacred (disrespectful to the body) and robbery (say, take the shoes & wallet of a recently diseased person). > Paying for organ donors comes with a host of problems. It’s far from easy. Nobel prizes have been awarded on one solution to this problem alone!