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Selling Organs

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Bio-Ethics Bites
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Everyday people die in hospitals because there aren't enough organs available for transplant. In most countries of the world - though not all - it is illegal to sell organs.
Governments insist that the motive for donating organs has to be altruistic, it can't be financial reward. The idea of being able to sell body parts makes many people uneasy. But is it time for a policy change: should we be permitted to flog one of our kidneys on ebay, say, for $10,000. If not, why not? Tim Lewens is a Cambridge philosopher and a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.

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Bio-Ethics Bites
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Tim Lewens
Keywords
biology
philosophy
organs
ethics
altruism
Department: Faculty of Philosophy
Date Added: 01/11/2011
Duration: 00:18:18

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