Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT In this article, I argue we have collective duties to people who suffer from kidney failure and these duties are best fulfilled through a government‐monopsony market in kidneys. A government‐monopsony market is a model where the government is the sole buyer, and kidneys are distributed according to need, not ability to pay. The framework of collective duties enables us to respond to several of the most pressing ethical and practical objections to kidney markets, including Cécile Fabre's objection that it is unjust to be paid to do one's duty, Simon Rippon's objections that it is harmful to be pressured to sell a kidney and that a market is unfair, Richard Titmuss's crowding out objection, and Ronald Dworkin's objection that body parts should not be among the goods we owe each other.
Source: Journal of Applied Philosophy
DOI: 10.1111/japp.12523
Author: Aksel Braanen Sterri
Institution: University of Oslo
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,900
Award: G524587344
OpenAlex ID: W3170597958