[Avodah] Murder?

[Harry Maryles]

--- On Fri, 11/19/10, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

It's natural that rich people have better
access to everything that enhances or extends life.  In a famine rich
people can afford food; is that somehow wrong?  What's the point of wealth
if it can't buy you what you need, when you need it?
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OK. Try this on for size. A 12 year old child needs a kidney and will die if he doesn't get one. He is listed first on UNOS for the first available kindney. A compaitible donor is found. As it happens that same kidney is comptible with a75 year old  billionaire. He too needs the kidney but his situation is not as dire. His prognosis give him more time than the 12 year old, Nevertheless he approaches the donor and offers him a million dollars.The donor agrees and he gets the kidney thus prolonging his life. The child dies. Is the behavior of the billionaire ethical?
 
HM
 
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