Opt-Out to the Rescue: Organ Donation and Samaritan Duties

IF 1.4 3区哲学 Q2 ETHICS Public Health Ethics Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI:10.1093/PHE/PHAB010

S. F. Midtgaard, A. Albertsen

引用次数: 3

Abstract

Deceased organ donation is widely considered as a case of easy rescue―that is, a case in which A may bestow considerable benefits on B while incurring negligent costs herself. Yet, the policy implications of this observation remain unclear. Drawing on Christopher H. Wellman’s samaritan account of political obligations, the paper develops a case for a so-called opt-out system, i.e., a scheme in which people are defaulted into being donors. The proposal’s key idea is that we may arrange people’s options in specific ways for the sake of others.

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选择退出救援:器官捐赠和撒玛利亚人的责任

死者的器官捐献被广泛认为是一种容易挽救的情况——也就是说，在这种情况下，a可能会给B带来可观的利益，而自己却会承担疏忽的成本。然而，这一观察结果的政策含义仍不清楚。根据克里斯托弗·h·威尔曼(Christopher H. Wellman)关于政治义务的撒玛利亚人(samaritan)描述，这篇论文提出了一个所谓的“选择退出”(opt-out)制度的案例，也就是说，在这种制度下，人们被默认为捐赠者。该提案的关键思想是，我们可以为了他人的利益，以特定的方式安排人们的选择。

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Public Health Ethics PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-MEDICAL ETHICS

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3.10

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9.50%

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>12 weeks

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