Search results
- First, in his pre- critical lectures, Kant offers an argument against organ sales, explaining that a person cannot be both property and a person (Kant 1980, 165). To claim that someone is both is “self-contradictory.” Because a person cannot be his own property, he is not “at his own disposal.” Consequently, he cannot sell any part of his body.
academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1728&context=ny_pubsSometimes Merely as a Means: Why Kantian Philosophy Requires ...
Jan 31, 2015 · It is widely argued that the most promising way to show the moral impermissibility of organ selling is to mount an argument on Kantian grounds. This paper asks whether it is possible to argue coherently against organ selling in a Kantian framework.
- Zümrüt Alpinar-Şencan
- zumrut.alpinar@ethik.uzh.ch
- 2016
Mar 7, 2008 · Another critic, the great Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant, was so repelled by the buying and selling of teeth that he declared it was under all circumstances immoral, said Samuel Kerstein at a recent symposium, “The Ethics of the Organ Bazaar.”
May 30, 2018 · What would Kant say if keeping a promise or fulfilling a duty, and using oneself as an end, conflicted? For example, someone selling their kidney in order to use the money to buy life-saving surgery for their child? Answer by Paul Fagan.
critical lectures, Kant offers an argument against organ sales, explaining that a person cannot be both property and a person (Kant 1980, 165). To claim that someone is both is “self-contradictory.”
- D Robert MacDougall
- 2019
It is widely argued that the most promising way to show the moral impermissibility of organ selling is to mount an argument on Kantian grounds. This paper asks whether it is possible to argue coherently against organ selling in a Kantian framework.
In the case of organ transplanta. tion, Kant is often cited in favour of a prohibition of all organ sales. In her. Nicole Gerrand [1] goes a step further and argues with Kant in favour of a ban on all organ transplantation, on the ground that it is an affront to human dignity.
People also ask
Can a Kantian argument be given against Sale of organs?
What does Kant say about organ selling?
What are Kant's arguments about organ trade?
Is organ selling morally impermissible?
Is there a compelling argument against Sale of organs?
What is Kant's concern about giving away body parts or organs?
It is widely argued that the most promising way to show the moral impermissibility of organ selling is to mount an argument on Kantian grounds. This paper asks whether it is possible to argue coherently against organ selling in a Kantian framework.
