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How to Protect a Kidney Donor From One Sided Exploitation

Sally's proposal changes the compensation to an organ donor from cold, hard cash to something till costs money, but is couched more euphemistically like a tax credit. It taps into the psychology of our social relationships where we qualitatively distinguish between transactional, quid pro quo relationships and the unstinting generosity of friendship. If we were to incentivize organ donors by disguising the compensation as a retirement contribution rather than a check, would we be projecting the psychology of friendship into the realm of policy? Is that a necessary concession to human psychology?

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