Distributive justice, best options and organ markets: a reply to Semrau
How important is it, morally speaking, that banning the sale of organs removes the best option available to would-be organ sellers? According to a widespread argument called the best option argument, this is very important. In a recent article I criticised such reasoning, drawing on considerations of distributive justice. Luke Semrau has argued that I have misunderstood the best option argument. In this article, I respond to Semrau's criticism and elaborate on my original argument.
Authors
- Andreas Albertsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7528-2493)
Institutions
- Aarhus University (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Ethics
- Published
- 2024-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jme-2024-110561
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.09
Funders
- Samfund og Erhverv, Det Frie Forskningsråd
- Danmarks Grundforskningsfond