Sunday, November 21, 2010

Organs for Sale?

In the case having to deal with whether or not someone should be able to sell their organs, I believe that a person should have full right to sell it if it could save someone else's life. Someones organs belong to them and countries should allow them to sell their organs to help out their own family with money and help another with the gift of life. I don't see anything wrong ethically with someone wanting to give away their organs to save a life. I am sure the person receiving the organ would be extremely grateful for second shot with their life. I think the only circumstance with someone selling their organs is that their family give consent before anything happens. I know the person who actually dies and knows that they want to sell their organs before they die should have the first say. The family should respect his or her rights on the subject but should be asked before anything happens. After reading the article "Sell Organs to Save Lives" by Martin Wilkinson, my opinion has not really changed. The article talks about how if we allow selling our organs then the supply would go way up and the waiting list that people may never get off would then drastically reduce. Even though many people take pride in the ethical part of discussion, those people need to realize that saving lives is more important their there ethical opinions on a subject that could save so many lives. Commerce may be the only answer to fixing this problem. The article also talks about how the poor would sell because they have no choice and need money, and this may be a problem but those people do have a choice because they can do whatever they want with their bodies without a government telling them what they can and cannot do with their own bodies. In the end I do believe organs should be able to be sold.

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