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A litmus test for exploitation: James Stacey Taylor's stakes and kidneys
- Source :
- The Journal of medicine and philosophy. 34(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- James Stacy Taylor advances a thorough argument for the legalization of markets in current (live) human kidneys. The market is seemly the most abhorrent type of market, a market where the least well-off sell part of their body to the most well off. Though rigorously defended overall, his arguments concerning exploitation are thin. I examine a number of prominent bioethicists' account of exploitation: most importantly, Ruth Sample's exploitation as degradation. I do so in the context of Taylor's argument, with the aim of buttressing Taylor's position that a regulated kidney market is morally allowable. I argue that Sample fails to provide normative grounds consistent with her claim that exploitation is wrong. I then reformulate her account for consistency and plausibility. Still, this seemingly more plausible view does not show that Taylor's regulated kidney market is prohibitively exploitative of impoverished persons. I tack into place one more piece of support for Taylor's conclusion. (wc. 148).
- Subjects :
- Value of Life
Internationality
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Coercion
Context (language use)
Consistency (negotiation)
Argument
Social Justice
Economics
Living Donors
Humans
Legalization
Law and economics
Commodification
Commerce
General Medicine
Social Control Policies
Kidney Transplantation
Transplantation
Philosophy
Issues, ethics and legal aspects
Law
Compensation and Redress
Personal Autonomy
Normative
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17445019
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of medicine and philosophy
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....0afbddd1ce4f557be20065884a4fe3e4