Discriminating against "organ takers"

American Journal of Bioethics 4 (4):31 – 33 (2004)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This article responds to David Steinberg's proposal in favor of an organ donation system that gives allocation preference to people who agree to donate after they die. This article challenges the notion that organ taking is morally impermissible and questions Steinberg’s program on the grounds that it would unfairly discriminate against these people by deprioritizing their claims to the kidney supply. Relatedly, the article suggests that Steinberg’s proposal effectively coerces people to opt in, thus calling into question the legitimacy of the consent on which their decisions were predicated.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,593

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Film as philosophy.Havi Carel & Greg Tuck - 2010 - The Philosophers' Magazine 50 (50):30-31.
Ambivalence, Autonomy, and Organ Sales.Paul M. Hughes - 2006 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 44 (2):237-251.
Justice and liability in organ allocation.Jeff Mcmahan - 2007 - Social Research: An International Quarterly 74 (1):101-124.
Sharing our body and blood: Organ donation and feminist critiques of sacrifice.Ann Mongoven - 2003 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 28 (1):89 – 114.
Gender imbalance in living organ donation.Nikola Biller-Andorno - 2002 - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy 5 (2):199-203.
Reevaluating the Dead Donor Rule.Mike Collins - 2010 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 35 (2):1-26.
An "opting in" paradigm for kidney transplantation.David Steinberg - 2004 - American Journal of Bioethics 4 (4):4 – 14.

Analytics

Added to PP
2009-01-28

Downloads
9 (#1,079,720)

6 months
1 (#1,040,386)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Fritz Allhoff, J.D., Ph.D.
Western Michigan University

Citations of this work

Utility, fairness, and what really matters in organ provision.James Lindemann Nelson - 2004 - American Journal of Bioethics 4 (4):27 – 29.
Morality, justice and opting in.Elysa R. Koppelman-White - 2004 - American Journal of Bioethics 4 (4):26 – 27.

Add more citations

References found in this work

A treatise of human nature.David Hume & D. G. C. Macnabb (eds.) - 1969 - Harmondsworth,: Penguin Books.
An "opting in" paradigm for kidney transplantation.David Steinberg - 2004 - American Journal of Bioethics 4 (4):4 – 14.
The subtle politics of organ donation: a proposal.S. Eaton - 1998 - Journal of Medical Ethics 24 (3):166-170.

Add more references