Body Parts and the Market Place: Insights from Thomistic Philosophy

With rare exception, Roman Catholic moral theologians condemn the sale of human organs for transplantation. Yet, such criticism, while rhetorically powerful, often oversimplifies complex issues. Arguments for the prohibition of a market in human organs may, therefore, depend on a single premise, or...

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Main Author: Cherry, Mark J. (Author)
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Published: Oxford University Press 2000
In: Christian bioethics
Year: 2000, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-193
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