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I don't know if it's a moral per se, but I think nobody should be able to decline being an organ donor. It is an absolute and unforgivable waste to let bodies rot/burn when they could save someone. There is no reason, no good reason, to not be an organ donor. There is no good reason to be able, even after you're dead, to just let people needlessly die.
And religious reasons are even more moronic. What God, if you truly believe he's good and righteous and loving, would want you to let someone else die if you could save them? Why is your meat sack more important than somebody's life? Don't most people believe the soul leaves the body? It's just meat.
I've had countless arguments about this, but nobody has ever been able to give me a compelling reason as to why letting someone die to protect a corpse is right or just.
The only counterargument to it I can imagine is that in shit-backwards healthcare systems like US one, it will disincentivize bad doctors from saving your life. If you're poor and your family can't afford good lawyer, they don't have a good reason to give 100% to save your life, when they can give it 80%, and then sell your organs for good profit.
It's not an argument against compulsive organ donation, more of a one against shit healthcare systems, but still.
A family member of mine used to take organs from Cytek, possible misspelling, to DFW airport for transport out of the country. It's already a lucrative business.