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    The document discusses how during the 1990s, a slum in Metro Manila became known as a place to harvest kidneys, as residents would allow themselves to become organ donors in exchange for money to help patients with renal failure receive transplants. However, the author believes this is unethical, as Philippine law only allows living organ donation between specific family members or guardians, and receiving payment violates Kant's view that moral worth comes from duty rather than personal gain or emotions.

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    The document discusses how during the 1990s, a slum in Metro Manila became known as a place to harvest kidneys, as residents would allow themselves to become organ donors in exchange for money to help patients with renal failure receive transplants. However, the author believes this is unethical, as Philippine law only allows living organ donation between specific family members or guardians, and receiving payment violates Kant's view that moral worth comes from duty rather than personal gain or emotions.

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    During the 90's a slum in Metro Manila became popular in the medical world because it has become a

    place to harvest kidneys. For a good amount of money residence in that area allowed themselves to
    become donor to "help" patients with renal failure get a transplant. Do you think it is unethical? Why or
    why not? What is your stand?

    - In my opinion, it is unethical. Basing on the Philippines’ Organ Donation Act of 1991 (RA 7170)
    says that it is only legal to donate an organ if the donor is your: (1) Spouse; (2) Son or daughter
    of legal age; (3) Either parent; (4) Brother or sister of legal age; or (5) Guardian over the person
    of the decedent at the time of his death. It is also said that a non-relative is also allowed,
    however they must prove that they are emotionally related to recipients and their act is out of
    altruism or a selfless act. Therefore, it is illegal if there is no emotional bond between the client
    and the donor. This is unethical because on the Deontological Moral Theory of Immanuel Kant
    (1788), it is believed that ethical actions follow universal moral laws. He also perceives that if a
    person's emotions or desires cause them to do something, then that action cannot give them
    moral worth. It is morally unworthy since the donors are receiving money from it. The donors’
    purpose may have been to “help” patients with renal failure get a transplant, however it is only
    because they are also being rewarded from it. They wouldn’t agree to donate their organ if
    there were no money related. Moral worth only comes when you do something because you
    know that it is your duty and you would do it regardless of whether you liked it. It is basically
    telling us that we cannot act if it favors our own purposes more than respecting the goals of
    others.

    References:

    - AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE LEGACY OR DONATION OF ALL OR PART OF A HUMAN BODY AFTER
    DEATH FOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES. R.A. 7170. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1992/ra_7170_1992.html
    - Cressman, C., Brown, A., & Kranak, J. (2019, December 9). Kantian deontology. Introduction to
    Philosophy Ethics. Retrieved from
    https://press.rebus.community/intro-to-phil-ethics/chapter/kantian-deontology/
    - Promchertchoo, P. (2019, October 19). Kidney for sale: Inside Philippines' illegal organ trade.
    CNA. Retrieved from https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/kidney-for-sale-philippines-illegal-
    organ-trade-857551
    - Deontology. Ethics Unwrapped. (n.d.). Retrieved from
    https://ethicsunwrapped.utexas.edu/glossary/deontology

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