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Bioethics

On Altruistic Living Kidney Donation

Kidney specialist Mahendra Govani recommends a particular variety of evolved ethical behaviour.

During the recorded and unrecorded evolutionary march towards happiness, the ultimate goal, humanity has mastered many mountains, walked through a variety of valleys, and tumbled into dozens of dreadful ditches. However, one can argue that in the arena of social and ethical development we have lagged far behind. Here, I will address the problems caused by the shortage of organs. A very small but significant portion of the population gains happiness through various altruistic actions, including the heroic act of kidney donation.

Immanuel Kant’s classic ethical work is Foundations for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785).

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