You know getting working organs from pigs seems infinitely more ethical, and maybe easier since we are much better at growing pigs than "spare" bodies
oatmeal1 4 days ago||
I eat meat, but I don't think there is an actual consistent ethical standard that doesn't rely on religion that justifies the use of animals. The average pig is a lot smarter than the dumbest human, and experiences emotions like a human child does.
I much rather use non-sentient bodies wherever possible.
michaelhoney 4 days ago|||
I agree - using a pig instrumentally like that seems less ethical than growing human organs from our own stem cells
bandie91 4 days ago|||
in what sense does it relies on "religion" (and which religion) to "you may sustain your life by killing and eating animals, AND by killing and using their organs if you garbaged yours (which you should avoid anyways)" which is reasoned with nature's observed behaviur of each species seem to absolutely protect their own at the expense of other species? exception are just those, exceptions. but the overarching rule is to be "selfish". if there would be any religion which contradict this is Christianity which teaches that you are not only should sustain you and your family/tribe/species but also the whole Earth, animals, plants we are entrusted with; so preferencing our own species is not absolute.
padjo 4 days ago||
Pigs are smart sentient beings capable of feeling emotions. There’s very little ethically defensible in how we currently “grow” them.
floppiplopp 4 days ago||
Meh. I'm assuming it'll be only available to the monied class and they don't care about ethics anyways. So might as well just take one of the organs from that new and upcoming El Salvadorian supplier.
aaron695 4 days ago||
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fleek 7 days ago||
Can we please not make out-of-touch, old, rich people live any longer than they should.
They will be the only ones capable of affording this service. Reminds me of meths from the altered carbon series.
JoshTriplett 4 days ago||
Technology always starts out being available to a subset of people before it's available for everyone. This is the path that leads to making it available to everyone.
phendrenad2 7 days ago||
I mean, if can mandate that "no out-of-touch, old, rich people" can "live longer than they should" to solve the problem, then we could ALSO solve the problem more directly and thoroughly by just mandating that "this is available to everyone". I don't make the rules, that's how this hypothetical works out if you think about it.
Mountain_Skies 4 days ago||
While I doubt it was the intent of the original poster's comment, there's no shortage of people who look forward to the death of old people they see as being in the way of change they desire.
phendrenad2 23 hours ago||
Actually, I think you're wrong. That's a perspective you might get from watching certain news outlets, but if you get outside and touch some grass, meet your neighbors, you'll find that most people AREN'T cynical robots who have taken transhumanism to an eugenic extreme. Maybe just my experience, though.