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Ethical Considerations Behind Organ Transplants
The idea of organ transplants has suffered several criticisms over the years from the civil society, to the various religious groups and even philosophers. It is challenging to have one perspective on the idea of transplants and apply it universally since not everyone will share the religious view, or the philosophical view. In the context of this memorandum, the utilitarian philosophy will be the baseline for the justification.
Inline with the utilitarian approach that Joh Mill Stuart proposes, that which is useful is that which is right. In his argument, he insists on the virtue of each individual to act in restraint and this is what is right and useful. His perspective of the utilitarian philosophy is important in allowing free will and individual decision making and self nurtured good behavior. He does not believe in people being forced to do good by the state, a stand that advocates for responsible living (John Stuart Mill, 1863). However, the challenge to this is that not each individual can be responsible enough within the society to behave well, but there are those who can be well behaved when guidelines are introduced.
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He was however known as the qualitative hedonist due to the emphasis that meaningful pleasure is the higher pleasure which engages the higher faculties such as the pleasure of the intellect, of moral sentiments, of the feelings and of imagination. It is in line with these arguments by Mill that the decision on which candidate is most suitable for the heart transplant will be made. This decision will be done on the grounds of cost-benefit analysis of the possible recipients.
Jerry; this mid level manager brings forth several benefits for instance he has three children and a wife who depend on him. He also has a career prospect ahead of him. He also contributes significantly to the nation building through his taxes and with the first born being a sophomore, with the support of the father he will soon join the category of nation builders. One down side is that he is the oldest of the three and has lived through most of his life expected yet the rest of the patients have not. He is also the cause of his own condition with the use of steroids at a younger age.
Lisa; she brings forth the benefit…
References
John Stuart Mill, (1863). Utilitarianism. Retrieved April 4, 2015 from https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mill-john-stuart/1863/utility/ch01.htm
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Concern also focused on the imbalance of the trade because the market is for only those who can afford, therefore only gives chance for the well-off. The black market has been referred to as the transplant trade outside of the United States. Legalization of the international organ trade would lead to increased supply, lowering prices. Therefore the poor might be able to afford such organs as well. Bioethics is also
But who can tell who will give justice to the donated kidney. The 2-year-old child may grow up to be a smoker, drug user, obese hypertensive adult. The 47-year-old may realize the worth of life and live a clean healthy lifestyle. There are 92,486 Americans waiting to receive a life-saving kidney. Even with great efforts to increase sources of donors, still kidney shortage remains. In waiting for a donor there
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Organ Transplantation Denying Mrs. Burgone the organ transplant could be ethically justified under certain conditions and circumstances. However, denying her organ transplantation surgery under these circumstances is not one of those instances and cannot be ethically justified. The decision is arbitrary and serves no purpose for any stakeholders in the outcome of the issue. Moreover, the ethical justification purported to be at the heart of the decision is logically flawed and
2009). The susceptibility is highest is the first month of the transplantation and decreases afterwards. it, however, remains high even after 12 following. Susceptibility is highest among kidney recipients who are more likely to develop the infection 12 months after the transplantation. They have a lower mortality rate than liver transplant recipients. The study also reflected a trend in increasing antimicrobial resistance among these susceptible recipients. The E-coli strain