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Because morality should not be based on what "makes sense" or is an efficient use of things. The reason I used the term "organ harvesting" is the same reason pe

by zo1 6y ago

Because morality should not be based on what "makes sense" or is an efficient use of things. The reason I used the term "organ harvesting" is the same reason people that talk about this "opt out" thing use the term "donation". But my overall feeling is that this is yet another thing that highlights and brings to the fore that the state pretty much owns us as essentially livestock to harvest things from. At the very least, the default should be that your estate and/or your family takes ownership of your remains. Otherwise we're heading into territory where the state can say: "Why should you have a grave so your body can rot in there. It's not like we're going around killing you for your biological matter, so it's okay if we just take your body and decompose it into fertilizer to help rejuvenate the farm fields!" or "We've determined that you don't need 10% of the blood that you generate every day, so please make sure to go daily to your local "Blood donation centre" for your "voluntary donation""! The way people are cheering this "donation" on is frankly very disturbing. Yes, I know it saves lives, but so would abolishing cars to stop car accidents and so would banning all knives and having people use feeding tubes instead!

kaba0 6y ago
That’s a huge hyperbole. Governments are not dictators. They are a democratically elected body that is given power by the people to enact laws. With proper separation of power (this is the most important!), this power can be revoked anytime. They are absolutely not infallible of course, but they are the best formation we managed to come up with. So we have governments at the present time, and let’s say a power grab were to happen. Then does it really matter that we had such a law now? They can then do whatever they want with or without laws, so your fear is baseless. It is a good decision that will save lives and is basically without price.
robjan 6y ago
When you are an organ donor in the UK, they still ask your family and follow their wishes. The family can override the default or even the wishes of the deceased if they really want.

by zo1 6y ago

kaba0 6y ago

That’s a huge hyperbole. Governments are not dictators. They are a democratically elected body that is given power by the people to enact laws. With proper separation of power (this is the most important!), this power can be revoked anytime. They are absolutely not infallible of course, but they are the best formation we managed to come up with. So we have governments at the present time, and let’s say a power grab were to happen. Then does it really matter that we had such a law now? They can then do whatever they want with or without laws, so your fear is baseless. It is a good decision that will save lives and is basically without price.

robjan 6y ago

When you are an organ donor in the UK, they still ask your family and follow their wishes. The family can override the default or even the wishes of the deceased if they really want.