Read “Legalizing the Organ Trade?” by Ritter, located on the Time website (copy
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Read “Legalizing the Organ Trade?” by Ritter, located on the Time website (copy and paste the link into the URL). http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1833858,00.html As noted in Peter Ritter’s (2008), “Legalizing the Organ Trade?”, Singapore’s health minister, Khaw Boon Wan, argued that, “We may be able to find an acceptable way to allow a meaningful compensation for some living, unrelated kidney donors, without breaching ethical principles or hurting the sensitivities of others” (para. 2). In the definition essay assignment, you are asked to select a term, define the term, and offer evidence to support your definition of the term. In this case, imagine you have selected the term “meaningful compensation” to define. You might ask yourself: What constitutes “meaningful compensation” for an organ donor, especially if the donor is poor and the recipient is wealthy? What examples of human organ sales can I find that match or do not match your definition of “meaningful compensation”? What other terms related to organ sales and donation would be suitable for an argument of definition?
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The term "meaningful compensation” no longer justifies the act of organ donation for the need of money but since it's a great activity for the mankind which people do to give someone a new and wonderful life. Sometimes poor may be in need of money that he is no longer able to arrange the two meals of his day, he is ready to do anything for the money, some people commit suicide because they cannot see their family hungry and when not able to meet their demands for food, shelter, and clothes. In some countries, the number of such population is really very large, they are really in a great need of money, at such places, if the government can show them a way so that they can at least get enough compensation to lead a normal life in the coming future and able to feed their children. this can be a great step for those really in need. This will definitely decrease the number of suicides in such countries because of poverty. On, the other hand someone is given a completely new life. So, this term completely justifies the act.
Other terms can be "noble donation", "meaningful gift" etc.
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