Ethical Issues
There are growing numbers of ethical issues constantly making an impact on our society. Ethical issues are the rights and wrongs of society and a choice by the people on how they view these issues. Although most ethical issues have a positive effect on people, they also include the negative effect that truly modifies our society. In the next decade, there are three ethical issues that will be very important: fertility, organ transplants, and food additives.
One ethical issue that will affect society in the next decade is fertility. Fertility is the ability to produce offspring in reproduction (“The Definition of Fertility”). There are many women that find it easier to become fertile than others; these others are put into the …show more content…
Organ transplant is the necessary transplantation of a recipient’s organ because of failure or damage by disease or injury (A-Z). The main reason organ transplants are needed every second is because of the fact that they save lives. One donor has the potential to save multiple lives depending on the organs needed. This will give the recipient a second chance of life and connection between families like no other. Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to be matched with a donor. Every day in the United States, 18 people die waiting for an organ and more than 117,000 men, women, and children await life-saving organ transplants (A-Z). Also, alongside of that, the cost of organ transplants usually puts families into years of debt. The average organ transplant is over $500,000, with the highest being intestine transplant, costing roughly $1.5 million (“How Much Does a Transplant Cost?”). In an interview for On the Beat with Dr. Joseph Murray, the first ever doctor to perform an organ transplant, he was asked about his thoughts of the issues facing the transplant and donation world. Dr. Murray soon responded by saying, “I am very concerned about the buying and selling of organs. I was at a conference in Singapore several years ago stating that there should never be any financial remuneration for donations. I think the minute we get cash involved, the motivation diminishes”
There are growing numbers of ethical issues constantly making an impact on our society. Ethical issues are the rights and wrongs of society and a choice by the people on how they view these issues. Although most ethical issues have a positive effect on people, they also include the negative effect that truly modifies our society. In the next decade, there are three ethical issues that will be very important: fertility, organ transplants, and food additives.
One ethical issue that will affect society in the next decade is fertility. Fertility is the ability to produce offspring in reproduction (“The Definition of Fertility”). There are many women that find it easier to become fertile than others; these others are put into the …show more content…
Organ transplant is the necessary transplantation of a recipient’s organ because of failure or damage by disease or injury (A-Z). The main reason organ transplants are needed every second is because of the fact that they save lives. One donor has the potential to save multiple lives depending on the organs needed. This will give the recipient a second chance of life and connection between families like no other. Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to be matched with a donor. Every day in the United States, 18 people die waiting for an organ and more than 117,000 men, women, and children await life-saving organ transplants (A-Z). Also, alongside of that, the cost of organ transplants usually puts families into years of debt. The average organ transplant is over $500,000, with the highest being intestine transplant, costing roughly $1.5 million (“How Much Does a Transplant Cost?”). In an interview for On the Beat with Dr. Joseph Murray, the first ever doctor to perform an organ transplant, he was asked about his thoughts of the issues facing the transplant and donation world. Dr. Murray soon responded by saying, “I am very concerned about the buying and selling of organs. I was at a conference in Singapore several years ago stating that there should never be any financial remuneration for donations. I think the minute we get cash involved, the motivation diminishes”