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In the US, signing up to be an organ donor is extremely easy (you just check a box when you apply for or renew your driver's license), and the program as a whole is credited with saving a large number of lives. However, recent scandals have cast a shadow on the way organ procurement operates some of these 'donors' may not have in fact been dead. Justin leads a discussion about whether a program which looks to be an unmitigated success might in fact be much more morally ambiguous than we previously thought. What should we do now?
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In the US, signing up to be an organ donor is extremely easy (you just check a box when you apply for or renew your driver's license), and the program as a whole is credited with saving a large number of lives. However, recent scandals have cast a shadow on the way organ procurement operates some of these 'donors' may not have in fact been dead. Justin leads a discussion about whether a program which looks to be an unmitigated success might in fact be much more morally ambiguous than we previously thought. What should we do now?

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