Posted: August 1st, 2023

The selling of human organs is also unethical

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I loved reading your post. I must say that not only is it great, but also interesting and insightful. I do agree with you that the issue of selling organs is unethical despite some countries legalizing it. No form of arguments from proponents of legalizing the sale of human organs will make me think otherwise. You have indicated that the poor are the ones that suffer the most in this kind of system that allows the sale of organs. This is very true. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10,000 operations in the black market that involve purchased human kidneys now occur annually; vendors in these kinds of markets who are normally very poor, go through serious physical and psychological harms. Poor Bangladeshi sellers were discovered to suffer hopelessness, crying spells, and grave sadness as well as experienced shame, stigma, and isolation for selling their organs (Moniruzzaman, 2019). In their study Goyal et al. (2002) also found out that more than 85% of sellers in India reported a decrease in health after removal of their kidneys and that 80% would not advise that others in the same circumstances sell a kidney.
The selling of human organs is also unethical because it undermines human dignity. As human beings, it is our obligation to act in a manner that expresses regard for the dignity of humanity. I do believe that each and every one of us, no matter our status, rich or poor, has a worth beyond a price. By selling their body parts, the sellers are themselves a mere price. Therefore, any financial incentive to procurement of organs, although governmentally controlled, should be prevented, as it hazardously undermines the dignity of humans by promoting the ominous overlapping of humans and marketing.

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Goyal, M., Mehta, R. L., Schneiderman, L. J., & Sehgal, A. R. (2002). Economic and health
consequences of selling a kidney in India. Jama, 288(13), 1589-1593.
Moniruzzaman, M. (2019). “The Heavier Selves”: Embodied and Subjective Suffering of
Organ Sellers in Bangladesh. Ethos, 47(2), 233-253.

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