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Apparently the cost to the state of doing this to this man — whose mental "age" is estimated at ~2 — has exceeded $4 million. It's like a sicker version of The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas, where torturing an innocent accomplishes nothing but fulfilling broad legal obligations
There's something else, central to the way the host frames the narrative: his identity is discovered, and he's undocumented; an illegal immigrant. She doesn't share his full name, because he would likely be deported, which would of course likely result in his death. Yeah.
thanks not gonna sleep tonight
Read this recently. There certainly will be more ethical quagmires as technology blurs the lines of life and death.https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-ethics-of-consciousness-hunting?utm_source=twtrsynd&utm_medium=social …
This is a rare case where euthanasia is moral. I don't say that lightly.
At bare minimum, they should be giving him copious doses of morphine during these procedures, which I assume they don't do because it would dramatically increase the odds of a fatal event. But frankly, that seems FINE relative to this absolute nightmare
Think in billion year increments
Is it because of a law that prevents them from allowing him to die?
I lack any expertise to really answer this, but my understanding is that barring a known family member choosing to end your life, the medical system is required to perform life-preserving care indefinitely for anyone who winds up in the system
No words for how horrifying that is
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