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Good lord. A capitalist to the end. Do your next of kin even want the proceeds from the sale of your remains?

• renewiltord 6y ago
  I intend to set it up so that, should they refuse the proceeds, the money is spent in a manner I feel is optimal. For instance, if I were to be able to sell my heart for $100k to a rich industrialist's son, then that's 101 lives saved (1 from the heart, 100 from GiveWell's current best). I believe that I will spend the money better than the rich industrialist, so it makes sense for me to back me over him. EDIT-response: User dougmwne: Thank you. I do actually have life insurance. That is only sensible considering I ride a motorcycle. I do not disagree that professionals performing a professional duty should be permitted the right to charge for their services. I think, if transplant surgery were not a protected employment category I would be content to give my organs for free to those not operating in the for-profit system and charge (as raw materials) those who operate in the for-profit system. It's no different from your surgeon charging you for your hip implant. Someone gets paid for manufacturing that hip implant. I merely want to get paid for manufacturing this heart.
  • dougmwne 6y ago
    Or you could buy life insurance like the rest of us! Upvotes for the lateral thinking though and since your downvoters are treating it like the disagree button. I don't think you deserved to have the post deleted. My fundamental disagreement is that I think the staff and professionals that carry out the donation process and medical procedures are completely worthy of their pay and that the recipients pay for the medical procedure, not the materials. If they paid market rate for the organs, these lifesaving procedures would be even more out of reach.