Organ+Sales+-+Arkansas

The Ethics of Organ Sales


 * Should we be allowed to sell our organs? **

As you know, it is illegal to purchase organs in the United States. However other countries, such as Iran, have actually “pay[ed] citizens to donate and, as a result, they have no organ shortages” (Kirsch). Organ-seekers in Singapore actually pay tens of thousands of dollars for an organ, so why not legalize the selling of organs in America if it eliminates organ shortages?

The Ethics of the Situation


 * Supporters of the legalization of organ sales say that “people own themselves,” therefore we as individuals have the right to sell our organs (Kyriazi).


 * Others that disagree fear that “selling organs leads to the commodification of human bodies” and that concerns about the “exploitation of the poor for the benefits of the rich” (“Bioethics”).

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