[gotsa]

Allowing anyone to end his life it's the same as stating that we fully own our ourselves. If we accept that axiom as valid then there is no moral argument against free market of organs nor consensual cannibalism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes).

[balfirevic]

> If we accept that axiom as valid then there is no moral argument against free market of organs

Indeed, there isn't.

[the_gipsy]

Ah yes, I had some delicious human flesh in Belgium, for which I payed with a kidney.

In all seriousness, surrogate pregnancy is (thankfully) illegal in Spain.

[oleander73]

You are not choosing 'if' you want to die, you are choosing 'when' you want to die. That is fundamentally different from selling a kidney.

[JetAlone]

I was interested in selling a kidney to help a guy pay for life-saving surgery but found out it wasn't legal. Probably for good reason. I could donate instead though.

[TeMPOraL]

I had thoughts like this too, but honestly, some slopes are indeed slippery. Once you normalize the practice of selling your own organs, the market will readjust - the value of your organs will become a part of your net worth, and you'll be pressured to sell them in situations where you'd prefer not to.

It's one thing to have an option to donate your kidney to save someone's life, it's another when selling your kidney will become the only way most people can afford mortgage.

[JetAlone]

You are correct.

To be honest, for many millennials selling their organs and/or body products in supplement to a full time job may already be necessary to get a mortgage where they'd be willing to live before they're so old they couldn't expect to pay it off.

[JetAlone]

I just realized this sentence could be fairly easily interpreted to mean I'm selling someone else's kidney haha. I wouldn't do that, as immoral of a person as I may be seen to be.

[conductr]

Interesting. Probably taking a leap here but now I’m imagining a scenario where this life-saving surgery guy is the buyer of your kidney and you’re bummed you couldn’t make money from it.

[JetAlone]

Not sure what you mean exactly by this. Either way I wanted to give something to save a guy's life, didn't want the money as such.