To me there's a difference between the body and the will which handles the estate. Physical possessions can have meaning and specific value to people I know, so there's a purpose in assigning possession of them to certain people. My organs don't have the same specific meaning so I don't have the same concerns. I can't specify I want to donate my cornea to my sister. If she needed one and I died and she had the opportunity to have them that would be wonderful, but the chances of a certain person i know requiring a certain part and I was a match are small so I don't see much point in worrying about it.
I really don't care what happens to my body when I'm dead, burial is a waste of precious space, cremation is a waste of energy, they can drop me in the sea to recycle through marine life for all I care. To me organ donation is just the ultimate altruistic act. I worry about the type of person I am when I'm alive, not so much the type of person some random stranger is, and I worry about them even less when I'm dead.
IIN-Don't want to donate my organs because a douchebag might get them?
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To me there's a difference between the body and the will which handles the estate. Physical possessions can have meaning and specific value to people I know, so there's a purpose in assigning possession of them to certain people. My organs don't have the same specific meaning so I don't have the same concerns. I can't specify I want to donate my cornea to my sister. If she needed one and I died and she had the opportunity to have them that would be wonderful, but the chances of a certain person i know requiring a certain part and I was a match are small so I don't see much point in worrying about it.
I really don't care what happens to my body when I'm dead, burial is a waste of precious space, cremation is a waste of energy, they can drop me in the sea to recycle through marine life for all I care. To me organ donation is just the ultimate altruistic act. I worry about the type of person I am when I'm alive, not so much the type of person some random stranger is, and I worry about them even less when I'm dead.