While reading the Organ Sales Will Save Lives article by Joanna MacKay the main claim I felt would have to be in the beginning of the first paragraph where she stated that “governments should not ban the sale of human organs; they should regulate it. Lives should not be wasted; they should be saved”. This part basically explains what the problem is that she is trying to get an answer to which is that more people should be saved from consistently dying because of kidney problems and the government should reconsider the banishment of the sales of human organs. The sub-claim that supports the main claim would be when she refers to the 350,000 people that suffer from the ending stage of the renal disease which causes the organs to stop functioning…
“Organs for Sale” is an argument written in response to the on-going ethical debate of a market-based incentive program to meet the rising demands of organ transplants. With many on the waiting list for new organs and few organs being offered, the author, Sally Satel, urges for legalization of payment to organ donors. Once in need of a new kidney herself, Sally writes of the anguish she encountered while facing three days a week on dialysis and the long wait on the UNOS list with no prospective willing donors in sight. She goes on to list several saddening researched facts on dialysis patients survival rates, length of time on the UNOS wait list, and registered as well as deceased donor numbers. While Sally is…
The trade of organs has been a controversial issue for a long time all over the world. The article “Why Selling Kidneys Should Be Legal” is published by The New York Times in December, 2011. The article is written in an effective manner to attract the audience and argue for the legalization of selling kidneys and compensation for donors. By using personal experience to grab the audience’s attention, with the aid of false analogies as well as rhetorical techniques, the article is relatively effective in sharing information of kidney trade and persuading the audience to legalize the selling of kidney.…
To me the most effective essay was "Organ Sales Will Save Lives" by Joanna Mackay. I might be somewhat biased in my decision, since I am a big believer in freedom and and the self-directing nature of well run economic markets. In my opinion this essay is not only about the organ sales but rather it reflects on a deeper truth, the right for all humans to be the decision makers of their own lives and bodies. Some of the things I like the most about this essay were the use of emotional arguments and the way the author acknowledges many of the obvious counterarguments. I think Mackay does a very good job writing about a touchy subject and picturing the argument in a very straight forward way, almost crude in my opinion.…
In the article “Death’s Waiting List” Sally Satel argues that the sale of organs should be allowed in the U.S. She hopes to convince the reader that the only guarantee of getting a transplant is to skip the wait list and just buy one. Although Satel makes a good argument she seems very biased and provides biased evidence to support her claims.…
In the article, “Buying and Selling Organs Would Create an Economic Class War” (Bramstedt, 2014), the author Katrina claims that people in need of a kidney transplant should not be allowed to pay someone to donate one of theirs. She argues that firstly, health care should not be based on economic structures as she believes that it is unfair that a person gets the organ based on their personal wealth. Secondly, she suggests that it should be equal for all to receive an organ based on the “waiting list” that one has registered for. Lastly, she claims that if the priority list/wait list for organ transplant is overlooked, it could create a “back-door” option where donors will incorporate the idea to sell organs illegally, i.e black market sales…
As everyone knows, there are millions of people waiting desperately for an organ to save their life's. Now a days there are countries like Singapore that allows the commercialization of organs for a really high amount. Even though; United States prohibited the option to sell organs for money, I believe that having the option to save other people by selling an organ is a very smart idea. In "Yes, let's Pay for Organs" by Charles Krauthammer; a political columnist, writes an essay to demonstrate that maybe selling organs for a low price would and may help to our society in general.…
The topic of organ transplantation market raises ethical questions regarding the value of human life and the idea of commodifying human organs. Sally Satel on The Organ Donation podcast by EconTalk provided an interesting insight into the transplantation market discourse in the United States. In America, there are approximately 98,000 people on the waiting list for kidneys, but only five thousand are donated annually (Roberts, 2017). Correspondingly, as people wait for kidneys to become available, they receive dialysis treatment which accounts for 6 percent of the annual health budget (Roberts, 2017). Therefore, to solve the ongoing problem of kidney shortages, there is an argument for creating organ transplantation market, where people would…
There are many critics that believe that paying for organs is unethical. “The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the commercialization of human organs to be a ‘violation of human rights’ and ‘human dignity’’ (Ram 1). However, there are arguments against this statement because many more people find it more unethical for organs to be sold on the black market or harvested from people for a profit illegally. Without regulation to help more people receive organs, some people may receive organs from executed prisoners in China, or a Chinese prisoner shot specifically for their organs to be sold (“Is it…” 37). According to this article, some people would rather see people being killed for their organs than to allow someone to sell their organ, which they do not have to have to maintain life, for a profit. Becker states, compensation would sufficiently lower the number of organs donated from altruistic motives to dominate the increase due to those sold commercially. Also, doctors and physicians have tried preventing the legalization of organ donor paying by stretching organs to make them available for more than one person. Physicians have tried stretching donated livers to put the tissue into two different patients. They have also tried to develop fake organs to keep people alive long enough to get real ones (Healy 3). However, the question is why would people believe that…
Currently, the United States is facing a crisis. On average, 20 people are dying every day because there is a shortage of organs. Right now, to receive an organ, one must wait for an organ donor to die, or receive an organ from someone who is willing to give up one of theirs. With technology and medical advances, organ transplants are becoming more successful, effective, and safe. For those reasons, many people would be willing to sell an organ to a complete stranger. But right now, it is illegal for someone to sell their organs. In turn, this has created a black market for organs, and from this, it has caused chaos in some countries. There needs to be a legal market for organs because it will actually help the economy,…
Today, due to poor health, there are several patients who need new organs from people, specifically kidneys. People who have the same blood type as the patient: type A, B, AB, or O, can donate an organ under their free will. Unfortunately not many people want to do this out of the kindness of their hearts, so there is a black market out there for organ donors and patients. On the whole, the black market for organ donating should be left alone because in the end it is saving people’s lives, not hurting them. From my perspective, it is hard to deny a person an organ when the patient’s quality of life is not really living.…
Imagine being the parent of a four year old girl who needs a heart transplant. If she receives a heart, she will live a long, healthy life. Without it, she may not live through the year. A parent would do everything and anything to make sure she received a new heart. Put her on a waiting list, a year seems like plenty of time. But the weeks slowly turn into months, and months turn into a year and the baby girl loses her battle. It's hard to believe that a year isn't enough time for a donor to be found. Sadly, this circumstance happens too often, as the exchange of organ's for money or trade is illegal in the United States. But if that law was changed, maybe the little girl wouldn't have died. An average of 18 people die per day waiting for an organ transplant that they cannot receive because of a shortage of donated organs (“Selling Your Organs” 1). T.M. Wilksinson explains in his book Ethics and Acquisition of Organs that donating an organ can be one of the most risky types of procedures. Not because it is dangerous, but because of the chance that the organ may not properly function in the patient (Wilkinson 60). Many people are scared to become an organ donor due to the negative stereotypes behind it. Although there are risks, if people had the option to sell their organs rather than donate them, the number of deaths from a shortage of organs could decrease significantly.…
The market for the sale of human organs worldwide seems to be divided into two categories, the first group is comprised of people who are seeking to make a profit off their organs while they are still alive. It is true that the majority of these people are poor, but I do not think that they are being used or taken advantage of. These people, who are so desperate to find a way out of poverty, are able to give up something that they do not need in order to live and therefore start a new life for themselves in return for a slight decrease in their health. Without being able to sell their organs, many of these people would not be able to improve their lives.…
THESIS: The need is perpetually growing for organ donors and it's very simple to become one and help save a life. Transplantation gives hope to thousands of people with organ failure and helps provide new life for those living on borrowed time.…
Stressful as it is, patients on the waiting list often use the black market as their source of hope. However, merchants often overprice their products which cause additional difficulties, such as the lack of currency, to the victim. Though, Dr. Satel suggests a system where, “a third party [such as the government or a charity] provides the reward, all patients, not just the financially secure, will benefit” (Humphreys 2014). In other words, Dr. Satel asserts that if the United States created a system in which the government or charities funded for these patients, those in need will be able to afford organs from donors outside the black market. Further evidence founded in his article, “Great Debate: Should Organ Donors Be Paid?” Rachel Rettner, Senior Writer of Live Science, states that “the government would pay for the incentive, regardless of its form…the set-up would mean that the rich and equal access to [the] kidneys” (Rettner 2009). Basically, the government would pay the incentive for the rich or poor, thus both classes will have the same convenience to various organs. Therefore, compensating donors will lead organ markets to become more…