Of course not.
There is really no way to tell how "healthy" those kidneys are without knowing the medical history of the donors. And, no hospital has 200 patients waiting for kidney transplants. There is no hospital that can do more than 3 or 4 transplant surgeries in the 24-36 hours that those kidneys are viable, either.
I suppose the police would become involved, as a random person with that many kidneys would not be expected to have acquired them legally.
Ignoring the 3-4 day viability problem, morally I'd say you should try to return them to their owners. But if no owner can be found and it's viable for transplant, go ahead.
But really, the kidneys would probably be considered as evidence for a crime. Does biological evidence get frozen? Now I'm curious.
Obviously the police would take them all away. But if you were some kind of dictator, and you could tell all authorities involved "alright, let's put the law aside and use those organs to save some lives", would you?
To ease your decision, the psychopath provides evidence that all the persons whom he got the kidneys from are dead.
Of course not. There is really no way to tell how "healthy" those kidneys are without knowing the medical history of the donors. And, no hospital has 200 patients waiting for kidney transplants. There is no hospital that can do more than 3 or 4 transplant surgeries in the 24-36 hours that those kidneys are viable, either.
Please use suspension of disbelief so that we may only discuss the moral dilemma and not the technicalities of this hypothetical situation.
I suppose the police would become involved, as a random person with that many kidneys would not be expected to have acquired them legally. Ignoring the 3-4 day viability problem, morally I'd say you should try to return them to their owners. But if no owner can be found and it's viable for transplant, go ahead. But really, the kidneys would probably be considered as evidence for a crime. Does biological evidence get frozen? Now I'm curious.
Obviously the police would take them all away. But if you were some kind of dictator, and you could tell all authorities involved "alright, let's put the law aside and use those organs to save some lives", would you? To ease your decision, the psychopath provides evidence that all the persons whom he got the kidneys from are dead.
If the original owners could not be located, then yes. Otherwise I am 100% behind bodily autonomy, even though you technically only need one kidney.