Is Selling Body Parts Ethical?

by Christine Watkins (Editor)

Overview

Receiving a critical organ can save your life, but sometimes these organs are harvested from living people, who might be donating them for financial reasons. Does this kind of practice constitute exploitation of the economically disadvantaged? Does the system of selling and using body parts undermine humanity? This book explores the ethics of selling body parts, whether selling body parts benefits or exploits the poor, and the state of organ trafficking in other countries. Philosophical questions are interpreted through real life events and examples. Readers gain knowledge of how organ markets operate and affect different regions of the world through easily-accessible essays.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780737761900
Publisher:	Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Publication date:	10/20/2012
Series:	At Issue Series: Health
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	15 - 17 Years

About the Author

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Table of Contents

Introduction 7

1 The Sale of Human Organs Should Be Allowed Jennifer Monti 10

2 The Sale of Human Organs Is Unethical Debra Budiani-Saberi Deborah M. Golden 19

3 Organ Gangs Force Poor to Sell Kidneys for Desperate Israelis Michael Smith Daryna Krasnolutska David Glovin 30

4 A Legal Transparent Organ-Selling Market Would Help Prevent Trafficking Scott Carney 41

5 The Selling of Body Parts Could Benefit the Poor Clark Wolf 49

6 The Selling of Body Parts Does Not Benefit the Poor Karen A. Hudson 57

7 The Sperm Donor Market Raises Ethical Concerns Jeff Stryker 66

8 China's Organ Market Is Unethical S. Elizabeth Forsythe 75

9 Iran's Organ Vending System Is Beneficial Benjamin E. Hippen 81

10 Government Should Provide Health Insurance as Incentive to Organ Donors John P. Roberts 90

Organizations to Contact 95

Bibliography 101

Index 108