[tn135]

I am an Indian citizen I am not American. Indians (and Hindus specifically) see death as merely one transition.

I find it weird that we are denying poor people an excellent opportunity to pull their family out of poverty instantly even after an unfortunate event. Here we are using nature's forces to force the "rich leeches" (as one person wrote above) to part with their wealth and help the poor family.

At the moment rich Americans fly to India and China where gangs (and government) illegally harvest organs for the benefit of world rich. If USA regulates the organ trade within USA we can avoid all that misery for poor Indians.

I suggest you want the Indian movie Ship of Theseus which dwelves on this topic.

[yequalsx]

You miss my point. The U.S. is a wealthy nation. Our notions of society, shared burdens, shared responsibilities has degraded so far that people are talking about harvesting their organs to pay for the education of their progeny. Reasonable societies that are wealthy provide education to their citizens. The concept of selling your organs to pay your child's education ought to be derided and unthinkable in a nation as wealthy as the U.S. Public goods should be paid for by the public (generally speaking).

My point has nothing to do with organ harvesting. It has to do with the U.S. being dysfunctional as a society that organ harvesting for something as basic as education is being talked about.

[anigbrowl]

If it's such a great idea, why don't you set it up for Indian people in India and see how that goes first? Why do you think it's more appropriate to create the market within the richest country in order to attract would-be donors from the poor countries? It might be worth pointing out that the philosophical trend in western society has historically been about moving away from institutional caste systems and toward one of equalization. I really suggest that you expand your understanding of Western mores before making further proposals to market the living bodies of your erstwhile compatriots.