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

<p><em>The following bonus episode was previously available only to paying Substack subscribers. We’re now releasing it to the public. </em></p><p>0:00 Identitarianism in the medical profession</p><p>5:13 The (exaggerated) psychiatric toll of Covid</p><p>7:31 Why were psychiatrists publicly diagnosing Trump?</p><p>12:29 Sally’s quest for a kidney donor</p><p>23:30 How the kidney donation system works and why it doesn’t</p><p>29:30 The ethics of selling a kidney</p><p>34:42 Can we put a price on the human body?</p><p>43:44 Would paying donors exploit the poor?</p><p>48:17 Is paid kidney donation a political possibility?</p><p>53:12 The roadblocks facing paid kidney donation</p><p>Links and Readings</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/P-C-M-D-Sally-Satel/dp/046507183X" target="_blank">Sally’s book, </a><em>P.C., M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Nation-Under-Therapy-Self-Reliance/dp/0312304439" target="_blank">Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally’s book, </a><em>One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/opinion/trump-unfit-goldwater-rule.html" target="_blank">Peter Kramer and Sally’s 2017 NYT op-ed, “Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern?”</a></p><p><a href="https://matchingdonors.com/life/" target="_blank">matchingdonors.com</a></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Liberty-Defense-Dignity-Broadsides/dp/1594030472" target="_blank">Leon Kass’s book, </a><em>Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity: The Challenge for Bioethics</em></p><p><a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/p/michael-sandel-the-tyranny-of-merit" target="_blank">Glenn’s conversation with Michael Sandel</a></p><p><a href="https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2009/04/for-those-who-desperately-need" target="_blank">Michael Novak’s defense of paid kidney donation in </a><em>First Things</em></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/When-Altruism-Isnt-Enough-Compensating/dp/084474266X" target="_blank">Sally’s book, </a><em>When Altruism Isn’t Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors</em></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16kidney-t.html" target="_blank">Sally’s </a><em>New York Times Magazine</em><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/magazine/16kidney-t.html" target="_blank"> piece, “Desperately Seeking a Kidney”</a></p><p><a href="https://sallysatelmd.com/" target="_blank">Sally’s website</a></p><p></p> <br /><br />This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://glennloury.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_2">glennloury.substack.com/subscribe</a>