Sally Satel – The Ethics of Selling a Kidney (Bonus Episode)

The following bonus episode was previously available only to paying Substack subscribers. We’re now releasing it to the public. 0:00 Identitarianism in the medical profession 5:13 The (exaggerated) psychiatric toll of Covid 7:31 Why were psychiatrists publicly diagnosing Trump? 12:29 Sally’s quest for a kidney donor 23:30 How the kidney donation system works and why it doesn’t 29:30 The ethics of selling a kidney 34:42 Can we put a price on the human body? 43:44 Would paying donors exploit the poor? 48:17 Is paid kidney donation a political possibility? 53:12 The roadblocks facing paid kidney donation Links and Readings Sally’s book, P.C., M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally’s book, One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance Peter Kramer and Sally’s 2017 NYT op-ed, “Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern?” matchingdonors.com Leon Kass’s book, Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics Glenn’s conversation with Michael Sandel Michael Novak’s defense of paid kidney donation in First Things Sally’s book, When Altruism Isn’t Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors Sally’s New York Times Magazine piece, “Desperately Seeking a Kidney” Sally’s website

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