Do you agree that's it's ok to have organ banks?

Question

This is about rich people buying organs not NHs stuff etc
So if you had enough money and were very sick, the trade in organs has reached the point that you can buy any organ you want and have it installed.
Most of these organs come from very poor people who
sell their parts to survive.
Some parts that people cannot live without liver etc are coming from the condemmed in a very illicit as opposed to 'only' slightly illicit organ trade.
If you were in a bad situation could you honestly say you would turn down say a liver knowing where it had probably come from.
I doubt if I could.

News flash for Centurion
there is a world out there not in the USA that actually does not care about western laws

That world out there also has all the modern tech that we in the west have and guess what shock they know about how to store it match it and inplant it

Answer 1

Self preservation is a key desire for most sentient beings, how we do it and which others may be effected by our actions are normally secondary to surviving.

Ethically I have no problems with harvesting accident victims, volunteers and sellers; provided all have willingly complied.
I dis-agree with the death penalty on the grounds that Justice may be flawed, so that rules out executed harvesting from my side.

Purchasing? Buy Fair Trade coffee, why not Fair Trade Kidneys!

Answer 2

I'm not sure there is an answer to this question. (If I am right about that, it indicates that this field is stretching the borders of our collective understanding). It certainly is reasonable to harvest cornea's from the recently dead to clear up other people's vision. This is one of the first "organ" transplants. It is not life threatening, but very beneficial. But it would lead to the question, "would you sell a cornea, and become blind in one eye so another person could have vision?" and then the question is more difficult. I have read of people donating a kidney to a close relative or a dear friend, that both could have a more pleasant life. The Almighty was generous and gave each person two kidneys, and one can live quite well with one. I believe if we know more about the transplant procedure, and that a person has to take immune suppressing drugs the rest of his life (basically a chemically induced form of "AIDS") we would be much less enthusiastic about transplants. In many cases intelligent medicine (which is so rare these days) would enable the wounded organ to recover, and a transplant would not be needed.

Answer 3

What you are talking about isnt possible yet. Organs cant long survive outside of the body. Also I doubt that people who are rich enough can just buy an organ and have it installed easy as can be. One would still have to transport this living organ, and a match would still have to be found.

Answer 4

Here's something you obviously don't know. it's illegal to sell ones organ's. Maybe, the democrats could come up with a way for the government to gather up all Americans organs and redistribute them so we all had an equal amount of organs. Maybe we could even have a Dept. of Homeland Organs!

Answer 5

Organ banks are only OK if stocked by executed criminals. Personally though, I think organ transplants are morally wrong.

Answer 6

it is ok if you can afford or you can manage such bank