The Ethics of Organ Transplantation

Kidneys are big business these days. So much so that some doctors are literally making a killing by harvesting organs from patients that they should be trying to help live.

People who are in line waiting for an organ transplant ought to be asking themselves where these kidneys are coming from. Given the fact that much kidney damage is the result of poor lifestyle choices leading to degenerative disease, maybe we ought to be looking a lot harder at our sixth commandment duties to preserve our lives by proper nutrition, exercise, and rest!