title: Organ sales: exploitative at any price?
abstract: In many cases, claims that a transaction is exploitative will focus on the details of the transaction, such as the price paid or conditions. For example, in a claim that a worker is exploited, the grounds for the claim are usually that the pay is not sufficient or the working conditions too dangerous. In some cases, however, the claim that a transaction is exploitative is not seen to rely on these finer details. Many, for example, claim that organ sales would be exploitative, in a way that doesn't seem to depend on the details. This article considers, but ultimately rejects, a number of arguments which could be used to defend this sort of claim.
authors.affiliation: Inter-Disciplinary Ethics Applied CETL (Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning) at the University of Leeds.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lawlor
mesh_terms: D003068:Coercion; D003132:Commerce / Q000941:ethics*; D032821:Commodification; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000941:ethics; D019520:Living Donors; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000941:ethics*