China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tribunal

Re:China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tri... by marvin on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:42PM (#18676398)

You could take almost anyone, really. Just measure every citizen according to their contributions to society, and when four productive and useful citizens have need of a heart, a liver, two kidneys and a pancreas between them, just harvest a citizen that's not as productive as all of these four combined.

Of course, you maximize utility by choosing someone who does not contribute a lot to society, and _ideally_ someone who is a net negative. That's a win-win situation. The West is incredibly wasteful with our pie-in-the-sky dreamy research on artificial organs, when such a net positive solution is readily available.

It's frightening that a moral argument can be made along these lines. Does anyone really subscribe to this view? I am unfamiliar with Eastern philosophy, but this seems ludicrous.

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Re:China harvested organs from political prisoners, says tri... by vkou on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:58PM (#18676523)

> You could take almost anyone, really. Just measure every citizen according to their contributions to society, and when four productive and useful citizens have need of a heart, a liver, two kidneys and a pancreas between them, just harvest a citizen that's not as productive as all of these four combined.

On what basis do we determine who gets life-critical medical care?

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