ALTRUISM OR SOLIDARITY? THE MOTIVES FOR ORGAN DONATION AND TWO PROPOSALS

Proposals for increasing organ donation are often rejected as incompatible with altruistic motivation on the part of donors. This paper questions, on conceptual grounds, whether most organ donors really are altruistic. If we distinguish between altruism and solidarity – a more restricted form of oth...

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Main Author: Saunders, Ben (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
In: Bioethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 26, Issue: 7, Pages: 376-381
Further subjects:B Organ Procurement
B Incentives
B directed donation
B Solidarity
B Altruism
B Organ Donation
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