Priority to organ donors : personal responsibility, equal access and the priority rule in organ procurement

2017
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article
4
dc.abstract.enIn the effort to address the persistent organ shortage it is sometimes suggested that we should incentivize people to sign up as organ donors. One way of doing so is to give priority in the allocation of organs to those who are themselves registered as donors. Israel introduced such a scheme recently and the preliminary reports indicate increased donation rates. How should we evaluate such initiatives from an ethical perspective? Luck egalitarianism, a responsibility-sensitive approach to distributive justice, provides one possible justification: Those who decide against being organ donors limit the health care resources available to others. As such, a priority rule can be justified by a luck egalitarian approach to distributive justice. Furthermore, a priority rule inspired by luck egalitarianism is well equipped to avoid prominent criticisms of such a procurement system. Luck egalitarianism provides us with reaons to exempt people who are not responsible for their inability to donate from receiving lower priority, provide sufficient information about donation, and mitigate social and natural circumstances affecting people’s choice to donate.
dc.contributor.authorAlbertsen, Andreas
dc.date.accession2026-07-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:50:34Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T10:50:34Z
dc.date.createdat2026-07-07T10:50:34Zen
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.openaccess0
dc.description.accesstimew momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number51
dc.description.physical137-152
dc.description.versionostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.identifier.doi10.13153/diam.51.2017.1035
dc.identifier.issn1733-5566
dc.identifier.projectDRC AI
dc.identifier.urihttps://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/577573
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/pl/article/view/1035
dc.languageeng
dc.language.containerpol
dc.rightsUdzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licenceCC-BY
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.typeotwarte czasopismo
dc.source.integratorfalse
dc.subject.enorgan shortage
dc.subject.enpriority rule
dc.subject.enpriority to organ donors
dc.subject.enluck egalitarianism
dc.subject.enpersonal responsibility
dc.subject.enreciprocity
dc.subject.enclub model
dc.subject.enincentive to organ donation
dc.subject.enequal access
dc.subject.enIsrael
dc.subject.enorgan donation
dc.subject.enorgan transplantation
dc.subject.endistributive justice
dc.subtypeArticle
dc.titlePriority to organ donors : personal responsibility, equal access and the priority rule in organ procurement
dc.title.journalDiametros
dc.title.volumeWokół równości w opiece zdrowotnej
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typePublicationen
dc.abstract.en
In the effort to address the persistent organ shortage it is sometimes suggested that we should incentivize people to sign up as organ donors. One way of doing so is to give priority in the allocation of organs to those who are themselves registered as donors. Israel introduced such a scheme recently and the preliminary reports indicate increased donation rates. How should we evaluate such initiatives from an ethical perspective? Luck egalitarianism, a responsibility-sensitive approach to distributive justice, provides one possible justification: Those who decide against being organ donors limit the health care resources available to others. As such, a priority rule can be justified by a luck egalitarian approach to distributive justice. Furthermore, a priority rule inspired by luck egalitarianism is well equipped to avoid prominent criticisms of such a procurement system. Luck egalitarianism provides us with reaons to exempt people who are not responsible for their inability to donate from receiving lower priority, provide sufficient information about donation, and mitigate social and natural circumstances affecting people’s choice to donate.
dc.contributor.author
Albertsen, Andreas
dc.date.accession
2026-07-07
dc.date.accessioned
2026-07-07T10:50:34Z
dc.date.available
2026-07-07T10:50:34Z
dc.date.createdaten
2026-07-07T10:50:34Z
dc.date.issued
2017
dc.date.openaccess
0
dc.description.accesstime
w momencie opublikowania
dc.description.number
51
dc.description.physical
137-152
dc.description.version
ostateczna wersja wydawcy
dc.identifier.doi
10.13153/diam.51.2017.1035
dc.identifier.issn
1733-5566
dc.identifier.project
DRC AI
dc.identifier.uri
https://ruj.uj.edu.pl/handle/item/577573
dc.identifier.weblink
https://diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/pl/article/view/1035
dc.language
eng
dc.language.container
pol
dc.rights
Udzielam licencji. Uznanie autorstwa 4.0 Międzynarodowa
dc.rights.licence
CC-BY
dc.rights.uri
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.pl
dc.share.type
otwarte czasopismo
dc.source.integrator
false
dc.subject.en
organ shortage
dc.subject.en
priority rule
dc.subject.en
priority to organ donors
dc.subject.en
luck egalitarianism
dc.subject.en
personal responsibility
dc.subject.en
reciprocity
dc.subject.en
club model
dc.subject.en
incentive to organ donation
dc.subject.en
equal access
dc.subject.en
Israel
dc.subject.en
organ donation
dc.subject.en
organ transplantation
dc.subject.en
distributive justice
dc.subtype
Article
dc.title
Priority to organ donors : personal responsibility, equal access and the priority rule in organ procurement
dc.title.journal
Diametros
dc.title.volume
Wokół równości w opiece zdrowotnej
dc.type
JournalArticle
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