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Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Medical Ethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine

Background:

  • The concept of "double effect donation" proposes moral permissibility for living organ donation where donor death is a foreseeable outcome.
  • This challenges traditional ethical frameworks regarding living organ donation and the principle of preserving life.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically evaluate the ethical permissibility of living individuals donating entire, singular, vital organs.
  • To argue against the application of double-effect reasoning in scenarios leading to donor death.

Main Methods:

  • Ethical analysis of the "double effect donation" concept.
  • Application of the dead donor rule to living organ donation scenarios.
  • Philosophical argumentation on the intentionality of causing death in organ donation.

Main Results:

  • Living donation of an entire, singular, vital organ, even with foreseeable death, is ethically impermissible.
  • Performing such a procedure constitutes intentionally causing the donor's death.
  • Double-effect reasoning does not ethically support organ donation resulting in donor death.

Conclusions:

  • The ethical framework for organ donation must uphold the dead donor rule.
  • Surgeons and medical professionals should not perform procedures that intentionally cause donor death for organ procurement.
  • The ethical permissibility of living organ donation requires careful consideration beyond foreseeable outcomes.