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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Israel was wrong for harvesting organs without permission. We treat our dead with dignity because they are the vessels that carried the ones we loved. It is the immediate family's responsibility to determine how best to honor their loved ones if the deceased didn't leave specific instructions. This determination should never fall to the State.
I can understand the temptation of a hospital to utilize what was available to save lives but it can't be morally justified. Human cadavers are a great source of fertilizer as well. Yet even the poorest countries don't stoop to utilizing their dead for such a purpose.
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Your first point has merrit. The remark about fertilizers does not. In the case of organs you have to make the choice between watching a patient die or do something unethical.
In the case of fertilizers the stakes are not so high.