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Resolved: The United States federal government should permit the use of financial incentives to encourage organ donation.

A list of briefs for this book appears below the fold.

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META

• CURRENT WAIT FOR ORGANS IS SUBSTANTIAL
• THOUSANDS DIE EACH YEAR WAITING FOR ORGANS
• MUST NOT TREAT ALL BODY PARTS THE SAME

PRO

• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: IF IT WORKED, THERE WOULD BE NO WAIT
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: REFORM MOVEMENTS TO THIS POINT NOT ENOUGH
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: PEOPLE REGULARLY IGNORE/SKIRT THE SYSTEM
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: CURRENT BAD HEALTH OUTCOMES JUSTIFY CHANGES
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: SHOULDN’T TREAT BODY PARTS ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN ANY OTHER HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: DECREASES INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
• ALTRUISM MODEL FAILS: CREATES DANGEROUS BLACK MARKET
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: WOULD INCREASE AVAILABILITY OF ORGANS
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: WOULD DIMINISH THE BLACK MARKET
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: PROVIDE INCENTIVE FOR TOUGH SURGERY
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: OLD BLOOD MARKET ARGUMENTS OFFER NO COMPARISON
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: CAN SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE THE LIFE OF DONORS
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: WOULDN’T EXCLUDE THE POOR FROM ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: CAN REGULATE AWAY ABUSE
• ORGAN MARKETS SOLVE: DECREASE THE COST OF TRANSPLANTATION

• A/T: MARKET FORCES BAD IN ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
• A/T: ORGAN MARKETS DECREASE ALTRUISTIC DONATIONS
• A/T: ORGAN MARKETS EXPLOIT THE POOR
• A/T: RELIGIOUS VIEWS BAR ORGAN DONATION
• A/T: BUT WHAT ABOUT HUMAN DIGNITY??!
• A/T: MARKETS CREATE INCENTIVES FOR THE SICK TO DONATE ORGANS
• A/T: SELLER’S REMORSE HURTS MARKET TRANSACTIONS
• A/T: DONATION IS TOO RISKY FOR DONORS
• A/T: ORGAN MARKETS COMMODIFY THE HUMAN BODY
• A/T: ORGAN MARKETS WOULD DO X BAD THING
• A/T: XENOTRANSPLANTATION IS A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE
• A/T: IMPLIED CONSENT IF A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE
• A/T: INTERNET CAN CONNECT POTENTIAL DONORS TO THOSE IN NEED
• A/T: ON NOES!  ORGAN THIEVES!

CON

• PRO JUSTIFICATIONS AREN’T ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY ORGAN MARKETS
• SHOULDN’T MODEL OUR POLICY ON THE DEVELOPING WORLD MODEL
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: PRACTICAL CONCERNS ARE PARAMOUNT OVER ETHICS
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: THE EXISTENCE OF MARKETS INTERNATIONALLY ISN’T JUSTIFICATION FOR ONE IN THE US
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: LEAD TO EXPLOITATION OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: DECREASE ALTRUISTIC DONATION
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: CREATE BAD INCENTIVES FOR DOCTORS
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: DONORS FACE HARM FROM DONATION
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: EXPLOITS THE POOR
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: PROBABLY DO NOT HELP THE POOR
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO ENFORCE INEXPENSIVE ORGAN TRANSACTIONS
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: COERCIVE
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUYER AND SELLER UNEQUAL
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: WOULD STRONGLY IMPACT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: HURT HUMAN DIGNITY
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: = INCREASE IN ORGAN THEFT
• ORGAN MARKETS BAD: THOSE SELLING LIE AND DONATE BAD ORGANS
• A/T: PRO WILL REGULATE
• ALTERNATIVE: XENOTRANSPLANTATION
• ALTERNATIVE: USE THE INTERNETS
• ALTERNATIVE: INFORMED CONSENT
• ALTERNATIVE: FOCUS ON DONATION FROM UNINTENDED MORTALITY