Casey’s blog was a discussion of the idea to legalize the sales of organs by the individual. Casey believes it to be “legally correct, but ethically wrong”. She discusses the comparison of selling an organ to selling plasma; which is currently legal in the United States. The blog persuades that it is logical to sell organs if one may remain healthy without that organ in an attempt to save another’s life. The blog’s recognized downfall of selling organs is that it puts a price on the buyer’s life, possibly leaving them in thousands of dollars in debt after surgery.
The posted article, “Why We Need a Market For Human Organs” discusses an idea that could legalize and regulate organ sales. The idea proposed is to have a model containing a month long screening of health and education. Therefore, the poor will not be targets of organ sales and exploitation will be avoided. The participants would then be rewarded by the government with free house payments, free health care, or other such benefits.
I find the blog to be very clear on its ideas, and somewhat convincing. The most influential aspect was the idea of putting a price on a human’s life. We should be more compassionate as humans as suggested in the blog. I do disagree with the main idea of the blog. I feel that legalizing the sales of organs would place a commodity view on the body and that it should not be legalized to sell organs. Instead I believe more influential advertisement should be aimed at the public to suggest the need for donations. Compassionate should be the means of giving organs to another, not material wealth.
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