<For reference: I'm not making claim one way or another here, just presenting an argument. This doesn't reflect my personal view, I'm just trying to explain th

<For reference: I'm not making claim one way or another here, just presenting an argument. This doesn't reflect my personal view, I'm just trying to explain the logic behind disallowing people to sell their organs> It's a moral minefield. When people get desperate for money, they're willing to do things that they might later regret. This is why things like loan sharks tend to be illegal (and why, one could argue, auto title loans and the like should be as well. In that case it's a matter of collective versus individual intelligence. Collectively, an auto title loan service is far more intelligent than an individual, and they are thus able to be predatory in their lending practices [to great success]). I'm not equating selling your organs with loan sharking, but I believe it illustrates my point. (Donating your organs to get yourself out of extreme financial hardship could be considered a form of duress. This is one of the classic arguments against prostitution.)