Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market. Mark J. Chapter One Human Organ Sales and Moral Arguments: The Body for.
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Human Organ Sales and Moral Arguments: The Body for Beneficence and Profit pp. Metaphysics, Morality, and Political Theory: The Presuppositions of Proscription Reexamined pp. A Market in Human Organs: Costs and Benefits, Vices and Virtues pp. The Body, Its Parts, and the Market: When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it.
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This is how bioethics should be done! With luck it will be read not just by philosophers, but also by medical professionals and the framers of public policy. Transplantation professionals, bioethicists, and the public will find Kidney for Sale by Owner invaluable for framing discussions of this complicated topic. This book challenges our current views on the commercialism of organ donation and argues that from an ethical, medical, and societal viewpoint, the current prohibition of organ sales may cause more harm than good.
Not only does Cherry address important questions about the sale of organs, but he also raises thought provoking, important moral questions about how we understand the body and moral authority in a secular society. The book raises important questions for transplantation ethics, bioethics, and political ethics. Cherry addresses important issues in social and political philosophy, health care economics, public policy, and social justice.
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Policymakers and health care professionals involved in designing policy or position statements for professional organizations should look to this carefully argued and level-headed analysis of the arguments for and against the permissibility of selling organs. It is must reading for anyone interested in these issues, and it will be the basis for all future discussion of this topic.
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