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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Organ Shortage Crisis in America
Motivations for Giving, Especially of Precious Goods
Civic Duty
A Word about the Audience and Purpose of This Book
Organization
Notes
1. The Case for Legalizing the Sale of Organs
The Market as a Solution, If Not a Virtue
Costs and Equity
The “Tyranny of the Gift”
Financial Incentives, Libertarianism, and the Black Market
The Unique Case of Iran
A Legal, Regulated Market for Organ Trade
Notes
2. Ethical Concerns with Legalizing the Sale of Organs
The Utility of Utility
Selling Organs and the Impoverished
Selling Organs and Public Safety
Commodification
Moving from Ethical to Pragmatic Considerations
Notes
3. Organ Donation, Financial Motivation, and Civic Duty
Paying It Forward
Wolfenschiessen, Switzerland
How Buying a Good Changes a Good
The Difference between Lump-Sum Incentives and Compensatory Measures
Civic Duty
Notes
4. Living Donors and the Confluence of Altruism and Self-Regard
Complex Human Motivations and the Myth of Unmotivated Altruism
Living Donors and Living Donor Advocacy
The Health Benefits of Living Donation
Reflections of a Living Donor Advocate
Notes
5. Making Altruism Practical
Reducing Disincentives and Opening Doors to Virtue
Paired Exchanges and Donor Chains
Creating Incentives to Opt In
Lost Wages and Travel Expenses
Publicly Acknowledging Living Donors
Nonmonetary Valuable, Comparable Goods
Helping Virtue Along
Notes
Conclusion: Two to Four Hours of Your Life
Notes
Index
About the Author
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