It's been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig --- and hospital video released Friday shows he's working hard to recover.

A month after a pig heart transplant, man works to regain strength with no rejection so far::It’s been a month since a Maryland man became the second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig — and hospital video released Friday shows he’s working hard to recover.

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, probably, or at least similarly equally moral. For example if they’re born without a brain, which does happen, they don’t meet the definition most people use for personhood. I don’t see what the difference would be other than they have human DNA and look similar to us, but why should that matter?

    • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.deEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      The hypothetical wasn’t about someone without a brain, just someone with as much or less potential to do good as a pig. They could still lead a happy life, having fun, enjoy being alive, etc. Is it morally ok to kill them and harvest their organs?

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Potentially, sure. Somewhere along the line of literally no brain and a fully developed average person there’s a point where you will decide it’s too far. That point is going to be different for everyone.

        Do you think a fully developed capable person capable of doing good and helping people is as valuable as every human along that line? Is there no point for you where you think sacrificing one person who can’t do as much to save a doctor who will go on to save thousands?