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Distributive Justice: Should Todd Krampitz Term Paper

While no one ought to begrudge Mickey Mantle (or anyone) a much-needed liver transplant, it remains hard to believe, given the speed at which Mickey Mantle received a liver and an operation that he was indeed placed on a list and then waited his turn like everyone else. Further, according to Koch (March 1996)Normative and prescriptive criteria: The efficacy of organ transplantation allocation protocols (March 1996):

well publicized cases have raised questions in North America about the efficacy of [donated organ] allocation procedures. An analysis of those cases, and the relevant technical literature, suggest consistent structural deficits exist in the organ allocation process as it is applied by many individual transplantation centres. These irregularities are based upon both the failure of rank waiting as a method to guarantee just treatment and a general failure to recognize the extent to which prescriptive criteria -- social values -- are commonly used to screen potential organ transplant candidates. Resulting idiosyncratic determinations, and a devaluation of rank waiting as a criterion, raise fundamental questions regarding justice, fairness, and equability in the application procedure at large.

In an ideal world (which ours, unfortunately, is very far from being), it might well seem unethical, immoral, and unjust for Todd Krampitz to have "cut ahead of others" on a waiting list for liver transplants. That same argument, however,...

On the other hand, as Koch (March 1996) points out many may be reticent to even become organ donors if they perceive the organ donation system to favor one type of person, or group, over another. Should the organ donation system now in place within the United States ever become truly fair, equitable, and above board, for rich, poor, white, black, famous, obscure, etc., we may at that point look back on Todd Krampitz's and his family's efforts to save Todd's life by "cutting ahead of others" as wrong. Until that happy day arrives, however, I, at least, will continue to believe that the efforts made by Todd, his family, and others on his behalf, to try to save his life, were not only entirely correct and justified, but laudable as well.
References

Koch, T. (March 1996). Normative and prescriptive criteria: The efficacy of organ transplantation allocation protocols. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Historical Archive),17(1). SpringerLink. 75-93. Retrieved July 31, 2005, at http://www.springerlink.com/app/home/contribution.asp?wasp=d059577 aa86c4a37b56a37e250fa9bdf&referrer=parent&backto=issue,7,8;journal,4,55;linkingpublicationresults,1:403004,1.html.

Man gets liver after using billboards, Net. (August 13, 2004). MSNBC.com.

Retrieved July 31, 2005, at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5685485/html.

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Koch, T. (March 1996). Normative and prescriptive criteria: The efficacy of organ transplantation allocation protocols. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Historical Archive),17(1). SpringerLink. 75-93. Retrieved July 31, 2005, at http://www.springerlink.com/app/home/contribution.asp?wasp=d059577 aa86c4a37b56a37e250fa9bdf&referrer=parent&backto=issue,7,8;journal,4,55;linkingpublicationresults,1:403004,1.html.

Man gets liver after using billboards, Net. (August 13, 2004). MSNBC.com.

Retrieved July 31, 2005, at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5685485/html.
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