Research Catalog

Title

Ethics and the acquisition of organs / T.M. Wilkinson.

Author

Wilkinson, T. M., 1968-

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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• Table of contents
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Description

x, 209 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Issues in biomedical ethics

Uniform Title

Issues in biomedical ethics.

Subject

• Procurement of organs, tissues, etc. > Moral and ethical aspects
• Organ donors > Legal status, laws, etc

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction : The shortage of organs ; Why are organs scarce and is a shortage unavoidable? ; Plan of the book -- 2. Transplantation and rights over our bodies : Moral rights ; Bodily integrity ; Personal sovereignty ; Conflicts with personal sovereignty ; Personal sovereignty and informed consent ; Self-ownership and property rights ; Criticism of rights -- Conclusion -- 3. The possibility of posthumous harm : Intuitions about posthumous harm ; The experience requirement and theories of well-being ; The problem of the subject and the ante-mortem person ; Backwards causation ; When does posthumous harm occur? ; The importance of posthumous harms ; Organ retrieval and the interests of the dead -- 4. The moral claims of the dead : Personal sovereignty and posthumous rights ; Other foundations for posthumous bodily control ; Objections and replies ; Next steps -- 5. The dead and their families : Family decision and the individual's wishes ; The claims of the family ; The family veto ; Conclusion -- 6. Consent and uncertainty about the wishes of the dead : Uncertainty and the claims of the dead ; Opt out, presumed consent, and the current debates ; Requests to the family and the ethics of framing ; Conclusion -- 7. Conscription : Conscription from the living ; Conscription from the dead ; Conscription from young children ; Conclusion -- 8. Living donor organ transplantation : Well-being and the duty to do no harm ; Living donation and personal sovereignty ; Personal sovereignty versus well-being ; The role of the transplant team ; Children as organ donors ; Incompetent donors ; Conclusion -- 9. Impartiality, acquisition, and allocation : Donation and impartiality, transplantation's self-image ; Partiality and impartiality ; Impartial principles and levelling down ; Formal justice ; Meeting needs and fairness ; The effects of conditional allocation and their evaluation ; Priority for donors ; Conclusion -- 10. Organs and money : Money and organs: some options ; Sales and supply ; Buying organs from the dead ; Arguments by analogy ; Personal sovereignty and a right to sell ; Well-being in the long run ; Exploitation and injustice ; Injustice and improvement ; Organ sales and the value of the gift ; Commodification ; Putting it all together.

Call Number

JFE 13-5897

ISBN

• 9780199607860 (hbk. : alk. paper)
• 0199607869 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC

751726144

Author

Wilkinson, T. M., 1968-

Title

Ethics and the acquisition of organs / T.M. Wilkinson.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Series

Issues in biomedical ethics

Issues in biomedical ethics.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents

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Research Call Number

JFE 13-5897