Trolley Problem/Consistency in Ethics

[Rev. Rye]

Plaeese, one individual being a donor match for 5 different individuals. Poppy cock!

Do the right thing and start a PCA morphine drip on the five. Give them a choice in their own fate. Give the potential donor some Tums and kick him/her out the door.

This is why I was inconsistent. Apart from the myriad of ethical issues raised by the organ transplant scenario, the odds that the guy with the stomach issues is even going to be a good match for all five of the patients who need his organs is pretty damn small and even then, there's a chance it will fail somewhere along the line.

When asked to give the whole of the Torah while standing on one foot, he said "What is hateful to yourself, do not do to your fellow man. That is the whole Torah; the rest is just commentary. Go and study it." And, especially in the past couple months, it's becoming clear that the commentary itself can be summed up while standing on one foot: "How dare you worry about your selfish needs and desires when you can worry about someone else's selfish needs and desires?"