[Anon] [Text]

[crouching_sin]

Here's a question for you all. It's something that I read a while back, and I'm interested in your answers. Anonymous is fine, if you want.

There are five patients in a hospital. All of them are dying due to complications with various organs. All of them will die within the next day or so if they don't get an organ transplant. Magic won't save any of them, incidentally, if you were hoping to use that.

A young backpacker comes into the hospital or a checkup. He has no relatives, and he is in excellent health. As it happens, you, the surgeon on duty, notice that he is a perfect match for all five of the patients.

Assuming the backpacker does not give consent, is it morally permissible to cut him up and transfer the organs to the other patients? These are not organs that the backpacker can live without, so he'll die if you do.

I'm interested to hear what you think.

Comments

anonymous text;

[crouching_sin]

Of course. But masks are easily changed.

anonymous text;

[doitrockapella]

Meaning, you have no identity whatsoever save for whatever is most convenient at any given moment?

That's a sorry way to live.

anonymous text;

[crouching_sin]

I have my own identity, but I choose to bring it to bear on decisions as I choose. I've seen too many people destroyed by trying to fit their feelings where their feelings don't need to go.

anonymous text;

[doitrockapella]

And you think that perfect objectivity will get you further ahead in life?

anonymous text;

[crouching_sin]

It's gotten me further than most, though I admit that I don't know what other worlds are like.