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Ethical Issues On Organ Donation

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You Can’t Put a Price on the Human Body The body is considered sacred, so we shouldn’t put a price on it. A system that would compensate people, be it money or tax breaks, for donating an organ is completely unethical because it’s selling your body for money. While the United States organ donation numbers are relatively low when compared to the actual organs needed, there should be no compensation for donors because it conjures up the idea that the body has a price tag and that is immoral. For that reason, an organ need-based system shouldn’t compensate donors, for it would cause people to never truly do the action out of willingness, and voluntary donations would decrease as they would feel their action to be less meaningful and the worth …show more content…

If the need-based system were to be integrated then people would never truly donate an organ out of the desire of helping someone and doing good, but out of expecting money or some reward in return which can pressure someone in dire economic condition to donate even if they don’t want to. Also, if the situation becomes the same as what happened with the blood market, then even if compensation is offered overall donations will decrease, as the decrease of altruistic donors will outweigh the increase of compensation supporters causing a fluctuation of overall organ donations. While a system where one can receive “credit” for donating an organ to a charity might seem noble, the donor might be doing it just to have himself in the clear and not necessarily care about the well-being of others. The organ market is definitely one that needs to improve in the United States as thousands of waitlisted people die per year, but offering compensation for donations isn’t the way to improve it. The donation process should remain the same as is today, but allow a non-relative match to donate an organ to someone in need if they want to because that can open the door to people in need of a donor and someone willing to donate which will save lives and remain altruistic, as long as there is no payment of any sorts between the

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