An Ethical Question:

‘Referring to Kantian ethics - Is it right or wrong to sell parts of your body/organs for financial (or equivalent) reward?’

Anyone have any Ideas where I can get good articles on this? Proving a bit difficult atm..

One Response to “An Ethical Question:”

1. cian said on October 29th, 2007 at 6:59 pm:

   Id chase up some ethics on the “integrity of the individual”. Usually utilitarianism is seen as being ambivalent toward self-harm for financial gain.

   Kant however had the whole categorical imperative and the value of individuals. So its a debatable point whether his ethics would allow an individual to treat himself as an end rather than as a means.

   Anyhow sometwhere to start on that angle. The wider issue probably stems from there.
   http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/integrity/

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