I’ve written before on the topic of allowing organ sales, including a post on some polling data showing how a free market would save lives, so you won’t be surprised that I find this short video very persuasive.
I’m genuinely curious why some people are opposed to this reform. Seems like it’s a win-win-win situation. Could it be that there’s some visceral, evolutionary basis for the opposition?
I’d welcome feedback in the comments, especially from folks who are opposed.
(h/t: David Henderson, via Cafe Hayek)
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It seems to me that people who oppose kidney sales see such sales as exploitation. Perceived exploitation is the same reason that people oppose “sweatshops.” It irks the morality of Westerners to see people in a voluntary transaction that they would not undertake themselves. It is the classic case of the seen versus the unseen. When something is legalized it is public. It is in your face. You have to confront the reality. People simply do not understand or do not want to confront poverty. They ignore the plight of the starving Chinese farmer, who before working for Nike or selling a kidney, could not afford to eat. When you aren’t employing people to make your goods or buying their organs, it is much easier to make a donation to the Red Cross and otherwise ignore their plight.
Only if they own them.