Legal Organ Sales?

Should organ sales be legal? Give the Kantian argument. Do you agree? Where would a utilitarian stand?

Organ sales should be legal. Some, if not most, people that sell their organs are lower class people. They donate their organs to make money for themselves and possibly family. Some may even sell or remove an organ for their own sick family members or friends. As far as we know, they might be donating their organs to help others.If they were legal, people wouldn’t have to do it illegally and potentially risk their lives even more. If organ sales were legal, there would be regulations and it may help reduce risks. It may affect how much people may get paid only because a lot more people would be able to do it and would know about it. Kant would believe this isn’t moral, mainly because people are wanting money for this. We would also be predisposed to justin ourselves and abusing our bodies. We would be exploited and the people working on us would be taking advantage of our situation. Kant’s theory would also believe that humans are rational and that we have the freedom to do whatever we’d like to do with our body. We would also protect others lives or simply give them more time to enjoy their lives. Since it’s illegal, I know that many sell their organs just for the money. I do believe that is wrong. Although they are doing it for themselves, they are potentially helping others and that is very good not only for the sick person but for their loved ones. I do agree that this may potentially hurt somebody just for money but I do believe that in the long run it may be saving someone’s life. Maybe the good overcomes the bad. A Utilitarian on the other hand believes that this is for the best. If one is helping their family and others then why shouldn’t they be able to do it. If this were to be legal, the amount of organs can be greater than what it currently is. The only downside of this is the fact that there could be unfortunate accidents. Death and sickness can derive from this. I do know that with either theory, health is a concern. Legalizing organ sales may lead to regulation that may help prevent such accidents to happen. We won’t be certain if all this effort may work out for both ends, but at least they both receive what they wanted.