I Made Semara Reta Adnyana

Case:

If a doctor can save five people from death by killing one healthy person and using that
person’s organs for life-saving transplants, should the doctor killed that 1 healthy
patient?

My opinion:

According to utilitarianism theory, the doctor should kill one healthy person to
save five people from death by using that one healthy person organs for life-saving
transplant. In addition, the effects by killing one healthy person is increasing the
amount of good thing which is can save five people from their death. However, I believe
that the doctor has no rights to decide whether he kill one healthy person to save five
people from their death. Research by Bintoro (2018) supports that donation of one's
organs to others must be made voluntarily and on the basis of humanity and with good
wishes. Everyone who will donate organs must go through a predetermined procedure.
Donor are usually drawn from close relatives or parents. However, in every process of
selecting organs for donors, a really good organ is selected by going through the stages
of testing, not solely based on blood lines. For example, matching organs, readiness of
donor and recipients, must really be checked and tested as carefully as possible. After
there is an agreement between the two of them (the donor and recipients), and then the
doctor perform the operation. Based on the previous explanation, the theory that fit is
Aristotelian Justice because it is inexactness and involves individual judgment which is
the donor, doctor and recipients.

Reference

Bintoro, Ady. "Memahami Nilai Etika Dan Moral Donasi Organ." Jurnal Orientasi
Baru 25.1 (2018).