Ethical Issues regarding buying or selling of kidneys??

Answer 1

The ethical and legal issues related to organ and tissue procurement and transplantation are often discussed in light of such principles as autonomy, benevolence, non-maleficence, free and informed consent, respecting the dignity, integrity and equality of human beings, fairness, and the common good. The Judeo-Christian perspective affirms the great dignity of each human person created in the image of God (cf. Gen 1:26-31). The various aspects, parts and functions of a human person participate in this dignity. We are also social beings who have a responsibility as co-creators and stewards of God's creation. "In the donation and transplantation of human organs, respect is to be given to the rights of the donor, the recipient and the common good of society."(CHAC, 44)

1. Ethical Issues Regarding the Donor

a) From the Deceased

In general it is seen as praiseworthy to will one's body or parts of one's body for the benefit of others after one's death. In 1956 Pope Pius XII summed up the Catholic view on this:

A person may will to dispose of his [or her] body and to destine it to ends that are useful, morally irreproachable and even noble, among them the desire to aid the sick and suffering. One may make a decision of this nature with respect to his own body with full realization of the reverence which is due it....this decision should not be condemned but positively justified.(quoted from Ashley and O'Rourke 1989, 305)

More recently (1985) the Pontifical Academy of Sciences stated:

Taking into consideration the important advances made in surgical techniques and in the means to increase tolerance to transplants, this group holds that transplants deserve the support of the medical profession, of the law, and of people in general. The donation of organs should, in all circumstances, respect the last will of the donor, or the consent of the family present.(MacNeil)

Such a donation can greatly benefit others and cannot harm the donor who is dead. Not to offer such a donation can be a sign of indifference to the welfare of others. To donate, however, is not considered obligatory. Transplantation is against some people's consciences for religious or other reasons.(cf. LRCC, 140-2) Consideration for the sensibilities of the survivors may also make some people hesitate to sign over their bodies.

In any case proper respect should always be shown human cadavers. Although they are by no means on par with a living human body/person, they once bore the presence of a living person. The probably dying potential donor should be provided the usual care that should be given to any critically ill or dying person. Because of a potential conflict of interest, it is widely agreed that the transplant team should be different from the team providing care for the potential donor, who is not to be "deprived of life or of the essential integrity of their bodily functions.... No organs may be removed until the donor's death has been authenticated by a competent authority other than the recipient's physician or the transplant team."(CHAC, 44 and 46) Various parts of the human body can often be kept in good condition for transplant purposes after the death, irreversible cessation of all brain functions, of the donor.(Jonsen, 235-7)

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The world is a sad state of affairs when the poor of the poor have to sell their body parts to earn a living. Especially when the riches of others could help. Is this a question of ethics, or morality?
Perhaps this is why the Bible says "It will be easier for a camel to get thru the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God"
http://bible.cc/mark/10-25.htm
Mark 10:25
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Answer 4

it is pathetic that for this chinese language guy, materialism prevails over difficulty-loose experience. It motives his mum such heartache in interest of his sheer stupidity. She gonna desire additional money to restoration the wear and tear brought about with the help of the screw-up activity accomplished to his physique. he's stricken by issues and not going to appreciate the ipad for an prolonged mutually as. The incident isn't smart.