The discussion around organ transplants is based out of “bioethics” which means “life ethics” or ethics in medicine. The buying and selling of organs brings up many ethical issues, with one of them being how the organs are obtained (Summary: Bioethics-Ethics Issues in Medicine). Our text brought up a scenario when someone become so desperate for money that they ended up selling on of their kidneys on Craigslist for $25,000 in order to pay for expenses and satisfy debt. He almost instantly received inquiries for his kidney from those desperate in need of a transplant. This brings up the possibility of commoditizing organ sales to satisfy both desperate parties.
I think commoditizing organ sales would be able to help those in need of transplants, because it provides additional opportunities for those who have the resources to purchase organs instead of waiting in line for them. This satisfies those wealthy enough to buy organs, but what about those not able to buy them? This brings up the concerns of commoditizing human organs. Those that cannot afford and organ should not be at a disadvantage because both lives are just as worthy of
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These are all questions that could come up if buying and selling organs was allowed. To address this issue, there could be guidelines put in place when buying an organ. These guidelines would consist of: compatibility of the organ and also the level of need for the organ. If there are other people in need then they would receive the organ first, but the patient buying the organ would only have to wait a comparatively short amount of time than just being on the normal list. This ensures that they will get an organ in a shorter amount of time than