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A 5 page exploration of the ethical considerations involved in organ transplant. The author emphasizes that while both the utilitarian approaches of John Stewart Mill and the deontological approach of Immanuel Kant can easily be utilized to justify transplant situations where organs are procured from a naturally expired individual, possibilities such as procuring organs using euthanasia or from individuals who have sold them on the black market introduce additional ethical considerations. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Modern medicine is now capable of performing feats which only a few years ago were
the products of science fiction. One of these feats is the ability to ability to transplant organs from the body of one human being to that of another.
This ability is truly a miracle in that it allows those to live that were destined for death and others to enjoy a much better quality of life when before
they barely subsisted. This ability also introduces certain ethical concerns which are worthy of discussion. The utilitarian approaches of John Stewart Mill and the deontological approach of Immanuel
Kant are particularly interesting in their application to the ethics of organ transplant. Today the chances of surviving after an organ transplant have
improved from the fifty percent of just two decades ago to ninety percent (Bragg, 1998). This increased chance of survival is much welcomed by individuals who had few options
in previous years. It is also much welcomed by those who have loved ones in this position. In all, a significant proportion of the feelings associated with organ
transplant are positive. Not all aspects of organ transplant are associated with positive feelings, however. The first concern is that twenty to thirty percent of those in need
of an organ transplant die prior to receiving a viable organ (Bragg, 1998). There are other concerns as well. A prerequisite of donations of such organs as a
heart and liver is the death of the individual from whom the organ is being taken. The circumstances of that death can introduce a number of ethical considerations.
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