The issue of organ transplantation has long bothered modern society. Many authors write that black market organ harvesting is absolutely immoral, and in spite of the fact that it will be taxed, the sale of the human body is comparable to vandalism. Other authors believe that such a policy towards the human body is acceptable and saves many lives. Sally Satel, in her work, believes that it is necessary to use the second option and provides a large number of theses that support her point of view.
First of all, she argues that the introduction of a policy of selling human organs is not immoral because they are not taken from real people. The organs to be used in the transplantation operation will be those taken from recently deceased people, which will fit the necessary parameters (Satel). Therefore, it will be easier to take them and give them to people who need to be saved. I totally agree with this idea as it helps to save as many lives as possible using organs that will cause no harm to others.
The author also raises the question of how ethical it the question to introduce the black market to the general public and how this will affect the mood of people around the world. On the one hand, there will be a lot of opponents of this method because it is an abuse of the corpse. But Sally Satel makes the argument that about thirty percent of the people who need organs get them and can go on living (Satel). If the black market is involved in the field of organ transplants, it will save a considerable number of lives and will also demonstrate the progressive nature of this field. Relying on altruism is impossible, and sometimes it is necessary to resort to more radical methods. Her paper is strong and convinced me to change my personal attitude to the moral side of the question.
Work Cited
Satel, Sally. “Death’s Waiting List.” The New York Times, NYT Co, 2006.