Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
by pipodeclown on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:47PM
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A thought experiment I always like to posit is: what if we were the animal that needed to be tested on for the benefit of medical research that could safe a lot of the members of an alien species that is much more intelligent than us. Would that by extension also be justified? I eat meat by the way so I'm not trying to supplant my ethical views on you.
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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
by alex_sf on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:05PM
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Fwiw a lot of people would argue that sacrificing one human for the benefit of many more is worthwhile. Not something to celebrate, but an acceptable tradeoff.
Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
by edanm on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @09:50AM
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Frankly, almost every country has an army, which is a in a since a vehicle that sacrifices some people to save others (young people, too).
Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
by hulitu on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @02:11AM
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The problem is that some of those people are also ok with sacrificing many humans for the benefit of few.
Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
by emodendroket on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @01:58AM
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I don't see that as really an ethical question... from their perspective, probably yes. From our perspective, we'd probably be trying to kill the aliens.
Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
by elvis10ten on Monday January 10, 2022 @11:39PM
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I have a similar thought experiment but on “pets” —- What if an advanced civilization uses humans as pets