Commercialization of Organ Transplant
Instructions: imagine that you are a member of a ethics committee listening to arguments for and against altering the way in which human organs are obtained for patients in need of transplants. A new policy to allow the sale of organs by consenting individuals to patients in need and to medical institutions has been proposed. Critics argue that permitting organs to be bought and sold unethical. You have been ask to review the arguments for and against the commericalization of organ transplants and to construct a report with your suggested plan action. 1.Briefly summarize the arguments for and against the Commercialization of transplants that you found in your research. 2. Formulate your position on the debate of whether or not the sales of organs should be permitted. 3. Defend your moral judgement with a moral argument. Identify the moral principle that you are appealing to in your moral argument. 4. Determine which normative theory bet supports your conclusion. 5. Use at least to quality references
Commercialization of Organ Transplant
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The organ transplant commercialization is a controversial topic that possesses different views from people. A reasonable number of people support the commercialization practice in which they have claims to back up their position since they state it as a probable solution of solving to the continual shortage of organs required for transplantation (Schicktanz & HÌ£efah, 2010). On the other hand, some people confidently believe that the sale of transplant organs is unethical and should not be allowed at any time. There is need to review on these arguments, formulating personal position and defending the moral judgment as well as determining a normative theory.
In the arguments found in discussions supporting the sale of organ transplant, there is inclusion of the fact that competent and autonomous adults possess the right of doing whatever they choose with their bodies. This is an argument that relates to the principle of reverence to autonomy, libertarianism or an idea of self-ownership. The sale of transplant organs is considered acceptable especially in occasions where it cannot harm third parties. Thus, unless there are other strong reasons of not doing so, the individuals who wish to sell their organ transplant should not be refrained. Furthermore, the team supporting this motion state that the sale helps in saving lives, where it partly alleviates the problem of transplant organ shortage. The transplant organ shortage is beyond dispute as numerous reports evidently records mass deaths that are taking place due to the long wait of patients. Some patients even die after they are eliminated from the waiting list because they were considered too ill for organ transplant (Schicktanz & HÌ£efah, 2010). Therefore, if there would be readily available organs awaiting patients, it would really help in saving many lives.
On the other hand, the group that discourages the commercialization of transplant organs says that it can be really risky and harmful to the parties involved. In the contemporary world, organ trafficking is getting involved in unacceptable and excessive stages of harm. There is also a possibility that the paid donors of organ may encounter health risks in future. The risks involved may be slight as they include those of chest, urine infections, and wound. The proposing group says that these health risks cannot be considered serious when compared to that of the recipient.
On personal opinion, the commercialization of transplant organs would be commendabl...