The Selling of Organs
Imagine growing up with a normal body, living with little to no health problems. One day, out of the blue, one of your organs begins to fail, requiring an immediate transplant of that same one from someone else. This is indeed possible because of the advances in technology, so you seek to find the perfect match. Technology allows people to donate major organs and it allows those who are in need to purchase them. This opportunity provides the chance to lengthen and save many lives. In the book, Technology and Society: The Opposing Viewpoints, Auriana Ojeda explores both sides to the selling of organs, posing the question of is it ethical or unethical? She provides two articles within the book, “Selling Human Organs …show more content…
Organ selling has vastly become one of the most dangerous ventures in the world; hundreds of thousands of innocent people have been captured and slaughtered for their organs, and their bodies are either thrown away in the garbage or left in an alley to rot. Some countries in Africa persecute people with albinism – a disorder where the body has little to no melanin. Albinos are killed and dismembered for their organs and sold, for some believe that their organs hold special powers that cure disease. The short number of viable human organs for those in need of transplants has made a profitable business market in outside countries while raising eyebrows in question of whether or not an individual should make profit off selling his or her organs. Many argue that organ selling is unconventional and unethical. Professors studying the venture suggests that a contract in the future for transplantable cadaveric organs should be allowed, which would provide payment for a person who would not give up an organ until …show more content…
Third-world countries see organ selling as a means of profit, for they are able to pay bills and feed their families from this. Everyone does not have the pleasure of a good, steady job, so for a struggling family, this seems like the perfect way to make some extra cash and put food on the table. If rules were formatted and properly regulated, the United States could save thousands of lives. Over 350,000 Americans suffer from kidney and renal disease, a state so severe, that it causes organs to shut down all together. There aren’t any drugs that we are aware of that has the ability to cure or revive failed kidneys, making dialysis and transplants the only means for survival. In places where organ selling is legal, it has become a legitimate business that thrives like any other working business trade. There are actual vendors that sell organs, and those who work in the vendor booths, make a profit that is taken home to feed families while another life is potentially saved because of the accessibility to a vital organ that a donor was able to give to one in need. In fact, one of the most common misconceptions about organ vendors is the
Imagine growing up with a normal body, living with little to no health problems. One day, out of the blue, one of your organs begins to fail, requiring an immediate transplant of that same one from someone else. This is indeed possible because of the advances in technology, so you seek to find the perfect match. Technology allows people to donate major organs and it allows those who are in need to purchase them. This opportunity provides the chance to lengthen and save many lives. In the book, Technology and Society: The Opposing Viewpoints, Auriana Ojeda explores both sides to the selling of organs, posing the question of is it ethical or unethical? She provides two articles within the book, “Selling Human Organs …show more content…
Organ selling has vastly become one of the most dangerous ventures in the world; hundreds of thousands of innocent people have been captured and slaughtered for their organs, and their bodies are either thrown away in the garbage or left in an alley to rot. Some countries in Africa persecute people with albinism – a disorder where the body has little to no melanin. Albinos are killed and dismembered for their organs and sold, for some believe that their organs hold special powers that cure disease. The short number of viable human organs for those in need of transplants has made a profitable business market in outside countries while raising eyebrows in question of whether or not an individual should make profit off selling his or her organs. Many argue that organ selling is unconventional and unethical. Professors studying the venture suggests that a contract in the future for transplantable cadaveric organs should be allowed, which would provide payment for a person who would not give up an organ until …show more content…
Third-world countries see organ selling as a means of profit, for they are able to pay bills and feed their families from this. Everyone does not have the pleasure of a good, steady job, so for a struggling family, this seems like the perfect way to make some extra cash and put food on the table. If rules were formatted and properly regulated, the United States could save thousands of lives. Over 350,000 Americans suffer from kidney and renal disease, a state so severe, that it causes organs to shut down all together. There aren’t any drugs that we are aware of that has the ability to cure or revive failed kidneys, making dialysis and transplants the only means for survival. In places where organ selling is legal, it has become a legitimate business that thrives like any other working business trade. There are actual vendors that sell organs, and those who work in the vendor booths, make a profit that is taken home to feed families while another life is potentially saved because of the accessibility to a vital organ that a donor was able to give to one in need. In fact, one of the most common misconceptions about organ vendors is the