‘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..
{ 2007 10 29 }
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{ 2007 10 29 }
‘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..
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cian | 29-Oct-07 at 6:59 pm | Permalink
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/