[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

[crouching_sin]

'Bok chaa-bok!'

[Hello, friend!]

He's not very fierce... oh well.

[babel_hacker]

[H...hi!]

If he's not fierce, that means you two can be friends!

[crouching_sin]

He battles just fine, but I think he prefers being lazy to being terrifying.

[Yep. He's just got a goofy snakey grin on his face.]

[babel_hacker]

[Now Flonette's moving out from behind Atsuro.]

A lazy snake... Well, Pokemon can have very different traits.

[crouching_sin]

Of course. They can have personalities just like anyone else.

[babel_hacker]

It's what make getting a new Pokemon fun and exciting. Especially when their personality really contrast with their looks or the stereotypes their main typing have.

[crouching_sin]

Heh. Like Yurlungur here. He's not vicious at all unless I order him to.

[... And even then, not really.]

[babel_hacker]

That almost make me want to battle him with one of my Pokemon.

[One of his lower leveled ones, of course.]

[crouching_sin]

Heh. Definitely. I don't let any of mine slack off, no matter their personalities.

[babel_hacker]

Just let me know and I'll be happy to help. Fighting against other trainers give better experience than wild Pokemon.

[crouching_sin]

I've noticed. We can spar later, but right now I think he's enjoying being lazy.

[And that earns him another tailwag from the snake.]