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Essay / Importance of organ sales - 836
A market for organs for transplantation purposes can be morally justified. The following will examine this statement as true for organs considered non-vital. First, eight arguments in favor of banning organ sales will be critically evaluated, followed by support for organ sales. The first argument against the sale of organs is that the poor will be exploited by the rich. This statement concerns the harm caused to sellers; However, sellers are eager to sell and the ban harms both sellers and recipients. The proponent of the ban would respond by appealing to autonomy. First, the seller's choice is illusory: when a person's choices are limited because they are constrained by their economic situation, then they actually have no real choice. Second, the seller may not have the training to understand the risks and therefore provide valid informed consent. Both of these counterarguments are flawed. The first highlights the issue of the restricted range of choices for the seller. Removing the possibility of selling non-vital organs amounts to further restricting the range of possibilities. The only way to improve this problem is to reduce poverty so that the sale of organs ceases to be a reasonable option; In this case, the ban will no longer be a problem because the incentive becomes unattractive. The second argument is not in favor of the ban but rather in favor of the need for education and counseling. If sellers are required to submit to such measures, they will not make decisions without informed consent. Second argument: the risk of selling organs is too great and the money does not justify such a risk. The poorer the seller, the more profit he will make from the sale of organs. The rich are allowed... middle of paper ...... organs as a means of selling their bodies, and the sale of their bodies through risky work. Firefighters, for example, risk their lives when they enter burning buildings to save others. It is less risky for a father to sell his kidney to pay for an operation that will save his daughter's life, but the result is the same: a person risks their body to save another life. Organ sales are often flawed in their logic and fail to address the moral problem of organ sales. They seem to rely more on the grotesque idea of selling a human organ, but it is important to evaluate the action logically rather than emotionally. Furthermore, the sale of non-vital organs should be permitted because it is of great benefit to society, is logically and morally justified, and is consistent with the notion of personal autonomy...