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> The restriction is essentially equivalent to the government murdering large numbers of its citizens.

Removing the restriction would be equivalent to the government murdering large numbers of different citizens.



The transplant list works on a point based system. What if those who previously agreed to be organ donors get a bonus point on the list to reduce wait times?


Only if you consider the government responsible for the choices people make, which I do not.


> Only if you consider the government responsible for the choices people make, which I do not.

But you are holding the government responsible for the choices people make. The choice not to donate (presumably) without compensation.


Not at all. I'm holding the government responsible for its action to remove (make illegal) a choice.


Do you think it's ever ok for anything to be illegal? Every illegal thing represents the removal of a choice to do that thing.


Certainly I do. This one's a bad one though.


What makes it worse? So far, you said that the things that make it bad are 1) it's removing a choice and 2) causing citizens to get "equivalently" murdered.


It's worse because it causes a significant net increase in suffering and death relative to allowing people to do what they want on their own.

I didn't actually say that removing a choice is inherently bad, although often it is. I was explaining why I was holding the government responsible for that action.




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