41 | What Should Not Be For Sale

The most important effect of markets isn’t that they enable us to sell everything, but that enable us not to. Everyone draws a line. Some things should not be for sale. But how can that be? If it is your kidney, for example, then why can’t you sell it?

Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor

According to Prof. Taylor, nearly 18 people a day die from a shortage of kidney donors. Economists have argued for decades that these kinds of markets could save lives by creating better incentives for people to donate their organs to people in dire need, but critics say that it would encourage poorer people to put their health at risk for money.

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Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor

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Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

Getting paid for your blood—do you have any concerns? Many people are opposed to donors receiving compensation for ethical reasons. Should people only donate blood for altruistic reasons? Should we worry about exploitation?

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Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

Ethics Noxious Market

It's Legal to Sell Sex in Amsterdam, But Don’t Expect the Same Rights As Other Workers

The famously permissive Dutch city is cracking down on prostitution, relocating sex workers, and discriminating against those employed in the industry.

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It's Legal to Sell Sex in Amsterdam, But Don’t Expect the Same Rights As Other Workers

The famously permissive Dutch city is cracking down on prostitution, relocating sex workers, and discriminating against those employed in the industry.

Noxious Market

Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney?

How can we decide what can be for sale on a market - are there things that we shouldn't allow to be purchased? In this video, Professor Peter Jaworski asks students at Red Square at Georgetown University for their opinion on what should and shouldn't be off limits - and the results might surprise you.

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Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney?

Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney? - Learn Liberty

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Episode 518: Your Organs, Please

Changing behavior is hard. That's something that organ donor advocates know firsthand. When the state of Michigan found itself with the lowest donor rate in the country, something had to change.

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Episode 518: Your Organs, Please

Changing behavior is hard. That's something that organ donor advocates know firsthand. When the state of Michigan found itself with the lowest donor rate in the country, something had to change.

Noxious Market

AdvancedHarrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Advanced

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Advanced

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Ethics

Snap #513 - Slippery Slope

You figure you always know where the line is. You know how to stay on the right side of it, but it turns out... that's easier said than done. On the next Snap Judgment, from PRX and NPR, "Slippery Slope."

Snap #513 - Slippery Slope

Listen to the entire Snap Judgment episode "Slippery Slope" by Snap Judgment

Criminal Ethics

Old School: Hard Knock Life

This magazine article summarizes the point-shaving scandal involving Arizona State University's basketball team.

Old School: Hard Knock Life

This magazine article summarizes the point-shaving scandal involving Arizona State University's basketball team.

http://www.slamonline.com/the-magazine/old-school-2/hard-knock-life/#GiT...

Criminal Ethics

Space Shuttle Challenger CNN Retrospective

CNN Retrospective on the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.

Space Shuttle Challenger CNN Retrospective

CNN Retrospective on the Challenger Space Shuttle disaster.

CNN: Remembering Space Shuttle Challenger

Ethics Intangible Integrity Responsibility

10 Ethical Questions

Stealing is a no-no; cheating is bad. When it comes to moral quandaries, the thou shalt-nots are no-brainers.

10 Ethical Questions

Stealing is a no-no; cheating is bad. When it comes to moral quandaries, the thou shalt-nots are no-brainers.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/wayoflife/03/10/rs.10.ethical.questions/i...

Ethics

Milgram Obedience Studies

This is a video about on of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology that was carried out by Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University.

Milgram Obedience Studies

This is a video about on of the most famous studies of obedience in psychology that was carried out by Stanley Milgram, a psychologist at Yale University.

Milgram Obedience Study

Ethics

Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

Ethics Noxious Market

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: CNN's Live Broadcast

A look at CNN's live broadcast of the Challenger shuttle launch on January 28, 1986. Seven crew members died in the explosion, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space.

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: CNN's Live Broadcast

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion: CNN's live broadcast

Ethics Integrity Responsibility

The Test - John Green

John Green discusses The Test of your life.

The Test - John Green

John Green discusses The Test of your life.

Ethics

Eight Elements of an Ethical Organization

There has been a lot of attention paid to ethics in business lately. Of course, most of that focus has been on the lack of ethics in business.

Eight Elements of an Ethical Organization

There has been a lot of attention paid to ethics in business lately. Of course, most of that focus has been on the lack of ethics in business.

Even worse, the drive to "get ethics" is now a huge push. I cringe at the thought of a quick fix for something so fundamental as a company's ethical behavior. Ethics are a foundation of a good company, and while they can be fixed, the best companies begin with a solid ethical footing.

Ethics

What are the ethical issues facing business today?

Simon Webley, Research Director at the Institute of Business Ethics, explores the question: What are the ethical issues facing business today?

What are the ethical issues facing business today?

Simon Webley, Research Director at the Institute of Business Ethics, explores the question: What are the ethical issues facing business today?

What are the ethical issues facing business today?

Ethics

Walk Away From Money | Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle is renowned for his ability to point out the underlying truths in society and bring humor to serious issues.

Walk Away From Money | Dave Chappelle

Dave Chappelle is renowned for his ability to point out the underlying truths in society and bring humor to serious issues.

Walk Away From Money - Dave Chappelle

Ethics

NewGetting Out Of Prison Sooner | Planet Money

Today on the show, we go to Oklahoma, to watch a state change its mind about prison sentences.

Getting Out Of Prison Sooner | Planet Money

Today on the show, we go to Oklahoma, to watch a state change its mind about prison sentences.

Ethics Money

NewAdvancedIntroduction: The Sixteen-Page Economic History of the World | Advanced

The basic outline of world economic history is surprisingly simple. Indeed it can be summarized in one diagram: figure I.I

Introduction: The Sixteen-Page Economic History of the World | Advanced

The basic outline of world economic history is surprisingly simple. Indeed it can be summarized in one diagram: figure I.I

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NewAdvancedBeyond Shallow Pond | David Schmidtz | Advanced

David Schmidtz's reply to Peter Singer from the forthcoming "Reinventing the Moral Sciences"

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David Schmidtz's reply to Peter Singer from the forthcoming "Reinventing the Moral Sciences"

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NewFailure Was Always an Option for Elizabeth Holmes | Wall Street Journal

If somebody had told Elizabeth Holmes that failure was an option, she would have avoided a world of trouble.

Failure Was Always an Option for Elizabeth Holmes | Wall Street Journal

If somebody had told Elizabeth Holmes that failure was an option, she would have avoided a world of trouble.

Ethics

Episode 518: Your Organs, Please

Changing behavior is hard. That's something that organ donor advocates know firsthand. When the state of Michigan found itself with the lowest donor rate in the country, something had to change.

Episode 518: Your Organs, Please

Changing behavior is hard. That's something that organ donor advocates know firsthand. When the state of Michigan found itself with the lowest donor rate in the country, something had to change.

Noxious Market

Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney?

Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney? - Learn Liberty

Noxious Market

Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor

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It's Legal to Sell Sex in Amsterdam, But Don’t Expect the Same Rights As Other Workers

The famously permissive Dutch city is cracking down on prostitution, relocating sex workers, and discriminating against those employed in the industry.

It's Legal to Sell Sex in Amsterdam, But Don’t Expect the Same Rights As Other Workers

The famously permissive Dutch city is cracking down on prostitution, relocating sex workers, and discriminating against those employed in the industry.

Noxious Market

Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics

This webpage provides information about kidney donation rates in the U.S.

Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics

This webpage provides information about kidney donation rates in the U.S.

ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION STATISTICS

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41 | What Should Not Be For Sale

Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor

Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

It's Legal to Sell Sex in Amsterdam, But Don’t Expect the Same Rights As Other Workers

Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney?

Episode 518: Your Organs, Please

AdvancedHarrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | Advanced

Related Resources

Snap #513 - Slippery Slope

Old School: Hard Knock Life

Space Shuttle Challenger CNN Retrospective

10 Ethical Questions

Milgram Obedience Studies

Is It Ok to Pay People for Their Blood Plasma

1986 Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion: CNN's Live Broadcast

The Test - John Green

Eight Elements of an Ethical Organization

What are the ethical issues facing business today?

Walk Away From Money | Dave Chappelle

NewGetting Out Of Prison Sooner | Planet Money

NewAdvancedIntroduction: The Sixteen-Page Economic History of the World | Advanced

NewAdvancedBeyond Shallow Pond | David Schmidtz | Advanced

NewFailure Was Always an Option for Elizabeth Holmes | Wall Street Journal

Episode 518: Your Organs, Please

Should You Be Allowed to Buy or Sell Your Kidney?

Buying Kidneys with an Ethics Professor

It's Legal to Sell Sex in Amsterdam, But Don’t Expect the Same Rights As Other Workers

Organ Donation and Transplantation Statistics