Alcoholics And Liver Transplantation Analysis

In “Alcoholics and Liver Transplantation”, Carl Cohen and Martin Benjamin discuss whether alcoholics should get equally organs like others (patients) and who should receive transplanted organs. This is one of the most issues that arises and brings attention to the public. Cohen and Benjamin present this discussion by providing two arguments. The first argument is moral. Base on moral, alcoholics should not get the treatment for their transplantations. The reason is that they should blame for their own condition. Drinkers know already that drinking is bad for their health, but still careless drinking it. The second argument is medical. Alcoholics don’t have a higher success rate than nonalcoholic after transplants. They have less chance of …show more content…
Their good point of this theory is that they value everyone's lives equally. However, Cohen and Benjamin should have considered about scarce of livers and that alcoholics brought upon harm to their own lives. If Cohen and Benjamin still consider that alcoholics deserve a liver transplant, don’t concern about whether they go back drinking again and destroy their lives once again, these alcoholics might end up harming themselves even more. Most people don’t usually realize that they have drinking problem even they are good at drinking comparing to other alcoholics. Most importantly, those people that never seeking help about their drinking problem. By the time they noticed their problem, their livers are already damaged. What about people who have already donated their organs to save peoples' lives? Since they don’t have a choice, upon their death, they are required to donate it anyway. Some people don’t want their lives to go to somebody that needed a liver transplant because of drinking, especially people who are willing to donate their organs. Are they fine with alcoholics receiving a liver transplant? There might be another direction for the treatment option for alcoholics. Therefore, Cohen and Benjamin have to reconsider whether who should receive a …show more content…
The argument in this course reading shows their strengths and weaknesses and their theory that needed to improve. Again, Cohen and Benjamin value everyone life. However, they should also value life in another way around and reconsider who should get transplant since livers are scarce and not enough for everyone. Also, there might be another way for the treatment option for alcoholics that don’t need a liver transplant. It will be unfair for those who aren’t drinking and need a liver transplant. Not just a couple needs it, but also many people need