Posted by alexandra_k on February 28, 2005, at 19:46:50
In reply to Re: (2) One or Six???, posted by rainbowbrite on February 28, 2005, at 19:35:41
The doctor isn't doing anything to kill the patient though, he is simply refraining from helping him out...
Why shouldn't the latter case be based on the best possible outcome too (where 1 person dies instead of 6)???
>The 6 people the doctor knows do not have priority over the other person in hospital.
No. Though if all people have an equal right to life then there is 1 life on the one hand and 6 lives on the other...
>That person owns his organs until he dies.
Yes. But that doesn't bear on whether his death should be 'allowed' or 'prevented'. They will wait till he dies to harvest the organs.
Remember that if 'nature takes its course' then he will die. It is only human intervention that can save him...
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