very hypothetical I know but imagine a situation where you having a limb removed would save the lives of a 1000 people you didn't know,in some sort of natural disaster.\nbear in mind that should you make the personal sacrifice,nobody will ever know.\nThe whole thing will be carried out without you recieving any praise or recognition in anyway.\nSimilarly,you will never be held accountable for the deaths.\nShould you choose to lose the limb,the lives will be spared but the would be victims will never know they were at risk in the first place.\nShould you retain all your limbs,the whole thing will just be another tragedy on the news.....but you will know different.
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Nope.  I would sacrifice a limb for someone I truly loved, but not for 1000 strangers.
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If there's any question about how badly hurt the\nemployee is, then call for medical advice.  It's\nthe right thing to do from both a moral perspective\n(ie. you don't want to permanently damage someone\nby moving them if they have a spinal injury) as\nwell as from a legal perspective (ie. you don't\nwant to end up with a lawsuit).  \n\nIt's my opinion that if someone doesn't immediately\njust "get back up" on their own, then they *ought*\nto be checked out by a doctor (because the injury\nis obviously more serious than just a normal trip-and-fall).
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Nothing like a moral dilemma.  Damned if you do, damned if you don't.  Well, although greater good is certainly a noble idea to follow through with, it is not the more realistic choice.  We are all creatures of bonds and emotions.  To choose that which we know and love over something that might be found by someone else is the choice we would all make almost hands down.  It is not in us for selfless altruism per say, we are capable of it I beleive, but not as a standard.  I would choose family and friend as it is what I know and what I love.
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I have always said that if my illness ever takes me to a point where I am suffering unduly, where my dignity and self-worth are  compromised, I would want someone to take my life if I couldn't do it myself. Because this isn't legal,  I wouldn't expect anyone to do this for me but it is how I feel on the subject.\n\nWe do it for animals, so that they don't suffer, and I strongly believe in these circumstances euthanasia is thr only humane way.
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The question you ask is a moral one. One one hand the person was seeking mercy to get out of pain. On the other hand it would have been a violation of international laws to have done so. It would be considdered murder to do that. I mean just look at Jack Cavorkian for example. He televised an assisted suicide that got him convicted and imprisoned. I mean are we God? Uthenasia is a very Hot issue. Personally I would not have shot her for obvious reasons. I am not God and life and death is not my decision to make. Thats God's territory.
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Good question mate!\nI... don't know if I would, honestly. I'm not religious but I am spiritual, and if I lost that part of my life... It sounds terrible but it depends on who the person was. I'd save anyone I knew in a shot, but a stranger? \nFeel guilty saying this so I'm gonna stop!\nOne. x\n- ACTUALLY, the main part of my religion is morals and the rest is science and optimism, so I would have to say yes. It would be the right thing to do, and since I claim to care about morals I'd be a hypocrite if I didn't denounce my beliefs for them.
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This should be a personal choice addressed by every adult with a trusted loved one who will follow the wishes of the person with terminal disease.  I am not saying the loved one should kill the person, just support the decision of the person to continue life no matter what or to be allowed to die with no extra measures or....in Oregon...with assistance.  You decide what is right for you and give that right to decide to those you love and respect even if you don't agree.  For any other than yourself....it is NOT your choice.  We have laws to allow our animals....and criminals to have as humane a death as possible, but we somehow believe it is wrong to allow the same for ourselves and our loved ones.  There is something wrong with this .....
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A person in that situation would be devastated, of course, and it is a matter of betrayal that would be so emotionally traumatic that I'm not sure most people have enough generosity of spirit to forgive that so easily.  Unfortunately, we live in a society that often forces men and women to adopt roles they don't want to in order to earn the approval of society.  I feel only sympathy for all the people involved in such a situation.....
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While I respect everyone's opinion here, I think you should follow your heart. Bless you for at least being willing to serve your country. Serve proudly and know that you've done something that so few people are willing to. The chances of you giving your life are still small and the pride you'll have in yourself more than makes up for it. It's brave men and women like you who give the people telling you not to go the freedom to have that opinion.\n\nNobody will tell you that you can't have a family and still serve. Do both and when you are finished with your duty look back and it will all be worth it.\n\nI'm a veteran of the Marine Corps and I will forever know that I've made a difference, no matter how small, for my country.
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I personally have had two family members in the past five years who medically were brain dead...I think it would be cruel and inhumane to keep them alive for the sake of keeping them alive.  Its not only wrong for them but also for their loved ones.  I myself would want the plugged pulled if this should ever happen to me...my sister says give her three days...I Will try.  Anyways we allowed our family members to go as soon as the Doctors confirmed that nothing could be done.
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Unrelenting pain and misery is no gift. \n\nPeople have the right to determine when life should end. After all, nobody denies that courage on the battlefield, or death while saving the lives of others, is worthy of merit in the eyes of man and of man's God. Death is a part of life and living. Nobody should be condemned to pain, dependency and misery. On the other hand, nobody but the person concerned has any right to decide. \n\nAnd that is why every state in the USA and many jurisdictions abroad have legal provisions for living wills and health care proxies. Everybody should have one -- even if it is to say that "my life shall be preserved at all costs, so long as there is somebody, some insurance company or some government, prepared and willing to pay for my hospitalization and my doctors' bills.\n\nWhat should happen in a country like the USA where health care and paying for it are private matters is beyond the scope of this Y! Answer. In Canada, and here in Europe at least, making a choice to live does not, in the absence of employer-paid private insurance, condemn one's family to poverty and bankruptcy
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A good tact would be to talk about sacrifices you or others make to help others.  Also, think of things people don't necessarily want to do, but do anyway because they know it's the right thing.
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Do you mean anesthetic? If so, it's because if you remembered the operating room and the people, you'd also remember the pain of the surgery. Cutting into the human body HURTS.\n\nPain isn't something most people care to remember. If you knew how much agony you would be in during surgery, you may not choose to have surgery in the future when you really need it. The fear of the procedure would be magnified not only by the risk that is always there, but also knowing how much it is going to hurt.\n\nSome things are best left not remembered.
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It seems that what bothers you most is the inconsistency of laws.  We have laws that are supposedly in place (like the seatbelt law) to protect ourselves from harming ourselves -- yet we have not legislated all forms of self-harm.  What I find most annoying is the artificiality of saying we pass these laws to "save lives."  I believe the reality is that we pass these laws to save other taxpayers for picking up the cost of a person's health care if they've chosen self harming behavior.  (Examples:  seat belts, motorcycle helmets, recreational drug use.)  If we were just honest, and said these things are illegal because we as a society don't want to have to bear the costs associated with medically caring for those injured as a result of less "safe" behavior, I think most of us would find such laws much less distasteful.
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A million dollars is just paper. Saving a life is priceless. In a heartbeat I'd save the life of anyone fried, foe, stranger what a blessing.
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Our society has put a high price on the life of the individual.  We have debated the death penalty with this question at the fore.  If someone takes a life, should they forfeit theirs?  We value life so highly that even in this case we don't take a life.
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They have done it with hands, but there are psychological factors that make it difficult for most people.  Patients have a hard time accepting that they have a dead person's body parts on them. Internal organs are a little different.  Looking at a different leg or hand all the time is difficult for the minds of most.  Also, the timing has to be perfect.  You cant just do that with someone who lost their leg 2 months ago.