An entry from the Journal of Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics is prompting outrage from women on social media after theorizing that the bodies of vegetative or braindead female patients could be utilized as “whole body gestational” surrogates. The article, originally published in November of 2022, is titled Whole Body Gestational Donation, and floats the concept […]
An axlotl tank is essentially a brain-dead woman whose womb is used as a tank to create gholas. The Bene Tleilax's use of their women in this capacity explains why no one has ever seen a Tleilaxu female.
More people would be made “brain-dead” by whatever means are available to make number go up.
Like I said, I think the philosophical debate is pointless or even harmful when the imminent possibility is capitalism driving to make more people “brain-dead” by whatever means are available (changes in police procedures to cause more "unavoidable tragedies," medical decisions made by suits and pressed down to doctors, and so on) to make number go up.
Very good take. It doesn't matter whether or not the practice itself would be ethical in a vacuum because we don't live in a vacuum, we live in the real world where things that are valuable for the ruling class are incentivized.
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not like, literally straight from Frank Herbert:
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THE TORMENT NEXUS IS GOING TO BE EPIC! :so-true:
Dune's my problematic favorite for sure. :wonder-who-thats-for:
lol same
Like I said, I think the philosophical debate is pointless or even harmful when the imminent possibility is capitalism driving to make more people “brain-dead” by whatever means are available (changes in police procedures to cause more "unavoidable tragedies," medical decisions made by suits and pressed down to doctors, and so on) to make number go up.
Very good take. It doesn't matter whether or not the practice itself would be ethical in a vacuum because we don't live in a vacuum, we live in the real world where things that are valuable for the ruling class are incentivized.
Canada's (CW: suicide)
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ongoing attempts to coerce undesirable people into committing suicide are a glaring example of that already happening.