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A litmus test for exploitation: James Stacey Taylor's stakes and kidneys.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19880546     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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).
Authors:
J R Kuntz
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-10-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Journal of medicine and philosophy     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1744-5019     ISO Abbreviation:  J Med Philos     Publication Date:  2009 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-20     Completed Date:  2010-02-08     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7610512     Medline TA:  J Med Philos     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  552-72     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
The University of Edinburgh, UK. j.r.kuntz@sms.ed.ac.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Coercion
Commerce / ethics*
Compensation and Redress / ethics*
Humans
Internationality
Kidney Transplantation / economics*
Living Donors / ethics*
Personal Autonomy
Social Control Policies
Social Justice
Tissue and Organ Procurement / economics,  ethics*
Value of Life

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