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Perhaps my words were confusing. What I meant was...if there is a sacrifice tht can be made in a moral context (one that harms no one!) to alleviate human suffering, then it is good and right. If it benefits everyone and harms no one, and is morally justifiable, then do it. ...I think that our words got in the way of our agreement on that issue. However...the people who sell organs for money are making an individual choice. Some might argue that their choice is an immoral one because it harms and exploits themselves. But it is still their choice, despite the laws that are in place to prevent it. Poverty is cruel but prostitution is not the way to get out of it. Hope that clarifies somethink. JOan U. -----Original Message----- From: Bent Willow <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, September 17, 1999 8:47 AM Subject: Re: NEWS-Panel Urges Embryo Donation Policy >Joan U. wrote: >>Anyone with a heart would agree that to alleviate human suffering, at any >>moral sacrifice, is good and right. > >I have a heart and I strongly disagree with your statement. The issue of >stem-cell research aside, to sacrifice morality to alleviate suffering >really translates into alleviating the suffering of the few by sacrificing >the innocent. A case in point would be the selling of organs for >transplant. Those targeted as donors are inevitably the poor, while the >recipients of said organs are the rich. Such a scenario is already occuring >in India where a black market in organ donation has begun. Frequently, >those donors sacrifice their very lives. > >Strong moral conscience is the salvation of all of us. A mere fifty years >ago German authorities decided that sacrificing the disabled and mentally >ill to alleviate the financial burden of their care by the strong and >productive was the greater good. Perhaps a stronger moral conscience on the >part of those authorities would have not only saved those 'little ones,' but >the millions that followed. >----- >Respectfully >Mary Ann Ryan >> >> >