Human Organs Debate | Janet Radcliffe Richards | Proposition

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The Motion: This House Would Legalise the Sale of Human Organs.

Janet Radcliffe Richards continues the case for the proposition, as the third speaker of six in the debate.

The motion was defeated.

Janet Radcliffe Richards is a British philosopher who has written about feminism and bioethics.
She is the author of several books, papers and articles, and has sat on a variety of advisory and working committees in areas of philosophy and bioethics. Since 2008, she has been Professor of Practical Philosophy at Oxford University. She is also a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and posts regularly at the University of Oxford’s Practical Ethics: Ethical Perspectives on the News website.

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This was brilliant.

Came because I wasn't sure if I wanted to buy her book on this topic (the ethics of transplants: why careless thought costs lives). Have ordered it now though.

scottsmith
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If anyone needs a kidney, heart and others, I'm ready.
My blood type is B
I am 28 years old

I don't sell it,
but I ask that my debt of 5 billion can be paid off,

Thank You

AndDik-rr
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interesting that the sensible woman with the superior argument in a nice dress and is feminine, where as the opponent is wearing a pantsuit

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