The Problem With Altruistic Donation

Why can't we sell our body parts? I think that's a very good question and it's not easy to answer. The argument here, roughly speaking, goes, suppose you moved away from altruism, suppose instead you offered people financial incentives for donating their blood or for donating their kidneys,. well then what would happen? There are also arguments that relate to the quantity of supply as well. Some people have claimed somewhat paradoxically that the overall rate of donation would actually go down even with this incentivization scheme. Iran is one country in the world where a state endorsed regulated system of organ donation is currently at work.