Debate for school Options

[concreteangel]

I have a debate that is due this Friday.
The debate is about whether or not someone should get a kidney transplant or not. One side is if it is a birth defect and the other side is if they are a drinker and need a transplant. My group is on the side of the transplant for the birth defect. I've searched and searched and cant find diddly squat to help me with this situation.
So that is why I'm asking you to tell me what your views on each side.
What side would you choose and why?

[Gigi]

Yes, but does that mean that someone who has "put themselves" into that situation be denied any treatment? I know many of you harbour resentment towards self-created problems, but does that mean that one person's actions dictate whether their life has any worth?

I'd say to give it to whoever needed it the most, depending on how long they had to live and how severe it was.

[cori-catastrophe]

Yes, but does that mean that someone who has "put themselves" into that situation be denied any treatment? I know many of you harbour resentment towards self-created problems, but does that mean that one person's actions dictate whether their life has any worth?

I'd say to give it to whoever needed it the most, depending on how long they had to live and how severe it was.

i'm not saying that their life is worthless. no one forced them to drink. it was their decision. they chose their own fate. they obviously didn't care to ruin their life in the first place. you can base that by their decision and lack of caring. the birth defected patient didn't have an option to choose their fate.

[iGio]

i'm not saying that their life is worthless. no one forced them to drink. it was their decision. they chose their own fate. they obviously didn't care to ruin their life in the first place. you can base that by their decision and lack of caring. the birth defected patient didn't have an option to choose their fate.

^I dont mean to throw this crappy excuse in.But what If the drunkie had an addiction.Doesn't mean he/she had a lack in care about their own health,right?

[cori-catastrophe]

^I dont mean to throw this crappy excuse in.But what If the drunkie had an addiction.Doesn't mean he/she had a lack in care about their own health,right?

they could still control themselves. that's like saying when you're young and you start drugs and get addicted, people should respect you for not getting off of them because you have no will to. my dad was a drunk. he was addicted. he controlled himself and saved his life. anyone else can to if they really have the will-power to. the same goes for alot of my family. the dna in my family causes us to get addicted to things very easily. i'll have you know, my grandma and grandpa did cocaine for a majority of their lives. they were drug dealers and got sent to prison. they had a addiction, but saved their lives. they have a choice to live or die.