There should be a free market of organs. Discuss.

A free market of organs involves the buying and selling of organs as a commodity in a market. Ultimately, whilst the positives of greater access to organs may increase access to vital organs for people who need them, the stronger harms this would have against the poor mean there should not be a free market of organs.
The weaker argument emphasises that a free market of organs would allow for an increase in the number of organs being available for those that need them. As there is a shortage of organ donation, the ability to sell organs would incentivize people to make their organs available on the market, meaning fewer people would die from a lack of organ access as there are too few being donated. Therefore, a market for organs would be a good idea.
However, the stronger argument emphasises that this would harm the poorest in society, as organs that are donated would decrease as people are able to profit from selling their organs to the highest bidder, meaning that the most vulnerable of poor people in society would be unable to gain access to organs as they are no longer being provided on a needs-based system, but rather being sold to the highest bidder. This would systemically cut out the poor from accessing the organs they would medically need. Ultimately, therefore, the sale of organs in a free market would be more harmful than beneficial to society.

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