Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts are Morally Imperative

Authors

James Stacey Taylor, Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge

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Description

It is well known that the numbers of organs that become available each year for transplantation fall far short of the numbers that are actually required. In this boldly argued book James Stacey Taylor contends that, given both this shortage and the desperate poverty that some people endure, it is morally imperative that the current methods of organ procurement be supplemented by a legal, regulated market for human transplant organs purchased from live vendors.Taylor pays particular attention to outlining the implications that recognizing the moral legitimacy of these market transactions in human body parts and reproductive capacities have for public policy.

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LOC Call Number

RD129.5 .T395 2005

ISBN

9780754641094

Publication Date

2005

Department

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing

City

Burlington

Recommended Citation

Taylor, James Stacey, "Stakes and Kidneys: Why Markets in Human Body Parts are Morally Imperative" (2005).