10-31-2005, 07:39 AM
Occhidiangela,Oct 30 2005, 02:42 PM Wrote:I don't think so, I'd like to see the basis be "first come first serve" but I'd like to modify that with age, or other criterion where one can. But it is tricky, and it is very hard to be "fair" from all perspectives.
Should I spend that heart on an 80 year old, or on a 17 year old? Where in that choice, hard as it is, lies the greater good? How about a mother, 32, three kids versus a single man of 40? Who between them is more 'deserving' of that heart? What criterion is used? The "get on the list" approach is probably as fair as it can be made, but the matter of access and "who you know" presents the loophole of a greased palm ensuring that the 50 year old fashion queen gets that heart ahead of a "fair" schedule.
No, but people who make decisions can be bought in any society. No matter how many rules we right, people are corruptible.
Occhi
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Exactly. If you said that your chance of getting a heart decreases with age, then there is potential for a black market to develop, where the 'rich old folk' still end up getting up the heart that 17y.o. would have had, if it weren't for the 'inducement'.
I'm guessing there's no need to point out the organ trade black market in China, sourced from "criminals".