Buying human kidneys: autonomy, commodity and power.
نویسنده
چکیده
Buttle's reply to my objections to buying kidneys is helpful but unconvincing in two respects. Doing something freely leaves quite open the possibility that one is thereby making a commodity of a person; and the effects of institutionalising such a practice is itself a matter for concern. And while his emphasis on 'power' is important, the concept is hardly less problematic than 'commodification'.
منابع مشابه
Improved Forward Buying of Commodity Materials
This research presents the Enhanced Commodity Forward Buy (ECFB) heuristic, a new method for commodity purchasing, which allows strategic forward buying of commodities for products that include commodity components or materials. The Enhanced Commodity Forward Buy addresses limitations of existing methods by considering stochastic demand and stochastic commodity prices for products that contain ...
متن کاملAutonomy, moral constraints, and markets in kidneys.
This article concerns the morality of establishing regulated kidney markets in an effort to reduce the chronic shortage of kidneys for transplant. The article tries to rebut the view, recently defended by James Taylor, that if we hold autonomy to be intrinsically valuable, then we should be in favor of such markets. The article then argues that, under current conditions, the buying and selling ...
متن کاملدیدگاه اخلاقی خرید و فروش خون در اسناد بینالمللی و نظامهای حقوقی
Buying and selling blood as a common way to provide blood and blood products always have pros and cons. The unique feature of blood with compare to other organs of the body, attention to the blood donors as a permanent and renewable source, ease of transfusion, contributed medical and special applications of this vital element and its products in the fields of pharmaceutical, have led to goods ...
متن کاملپیشایندها و پسایندهای رفتار خرید ناگهانی: تعیین اولویتها و ارائه مدل با استفاده از روش ترکیبی دلفی و دیمتل
Impulse buying behavior is a highly emotional activation, low cognitive control, and to a large extent a reaction that is critical to consumer behavior. This research examines the antecedents and implications of purchasing behavior through identification and ranking of the most important factors affecting impulse buying behavior. By studying the previously performed researches, the determinants...
متن کاملPower: Making sense of an elusive concept*
The concept of power is a core term in political science, and an important one for other social sciences as well. According to Elster it is “the most important single idea in political theory, comparable perhaps to utility in economics” (Elster 1976, 249). Indeed political science can be conceived mainly as the study of power phenomena (Mokken and Stokman 1976, 47). Yet the discipline seems to ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of medical ethics
دوره 17 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991