Ethics and Commodification: Attitudes towards a market in human organs in the Czech Republic

Bc. Jakub Křivanec

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

The thesis investigates attitudes towards the idea of a market in human organs among people in the Czech Republic. In response to a shortage of organs for transplant, many people have argued that allowing a market in organs would save many lives, allowing supply to meet demand. Others argue that the right to sell one’s own organs is a matter of individual freedom and self-ownership. Opponents, on the other hand, warn of the risk of exploitation and deepening inequalities connected with such a market, or see them violating moral values such as dignity or equality. Although most countries in the world outlaw the sale of organs, there is a notorious black market, and Iran that has a legal system of organ market.The thesis considers the different arguments and motivations for and against an organ market and present the various proposals for how it might function, with special attention to the example of an actually existing market in Iran. Then it investigates attitudes to these questions among the questioned people in the Czech Republic.

Keywords

Commodification, Organ Market, Attitudes, Ethics

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 7. 4. 2020

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Daniel Rosenhaft Swain, Ph.D. MA

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Provozně ekonomická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Economics and Management / European Agrarian Diplomacy