Do we really need kidneys? (The ethics of kidneys)
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Do we really need to have our own kidneys?
First of all it's selfish to hang on to your kidneys when other people would like to have them and consequentially you have a moral obligation to society to give them up.
Second, having your own kidneys and doing your own blood filtration without doing any apparent work (lazy slacker!) takes work away from dialysis workers which may be the end of society as we know it.
Third, your parents kinda gave you your kidneys, so don't you think you owe them back.
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(Now substitute kidneys for "free will" or "independence" and reread the argument.)
First of all it's selfish to hang on to your kidneys when other people would like to have them and consequentially you have a moral obligation to society to give them up.
Second, having your own kidneys and doing your own blood filtration without doing any apparent work (lazy slacker!) takes work away from dialysis workers which may be the end of society as we know it.
Third, your parents kinda gave you your kidneys, so don't you think you owe them back.
;-P
(Now substitute kidneys for "free will" or "independence" and reread the argument.)
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Ha ha...bloody funny!
I see that pax has managed to push your buttons.
Well, last I checked I had 2 kidneys..so maybe one might be up for grabs for the right reasons/right price? (I really can be quite mercenary, can't I ?)
But since I only have half a brain (per primary school English teacher)..that is not up for sale/barter. I am selfishly going to hang on to it.
I see that pax has managed to push your buttons.
Well, last I checked I had 2 kidneys..so maybe one might be up for grabs for the right reasons/right price? (I really can be quite mercenary, can't I ?)
But since I only have half a brain (per primary school English teacher)..that is not up for sale/barter. I am selfishly going to hang on to it.
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Well, from each ... is the standard mode of operation in coherent units like families and small groups. It is not a bad idea because it makes the group stronger.
The problem appears when social coherency breaks down. You can enforce it cheaply with religion or more expensively with laws and force. But it seems that size matters, so this idea never works in country sized regions unless something unifying like war brings it back together.
The problem appears when social coherency breaks down. You can enforce it cheaply with religion or more expensively with laws and force. But it seems that size matters, so this idea never works in country sized regions unless something unifying like war brings it back together.
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Re: Do we really need kidneys? (The ethics of kidneys)
Hmm, tough joke even for me as an absurdist humour fan.
Re: Do we really need kidneys? (The ethics of kidneys)
I didn't get it either...
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Re: Do we really need kidneys? (The ethics of kidneys)
i think we're missing the context of this being a response to one "pax" poster