Download or read book The Organ Shortage Crisis in America written by Andrew Michael Flescher and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover -- 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- About the Author