Vendre ses organes: un cas de prejudice consenti?
In: Raisons politiques: études de pensée politique, Heft 4, S. 57-77
ISSN: 1291-1941
At the premise of the debate around organ sale is an individual consenting to sell a body part. This case allows us to analyse the issue of consent to harm because the seller seems to consent to something which seems to qualify as 'harm'. By using the volenti non fit injuria doctrine, the article starts by examining the seller's consent and arguments used to invalidate it, such as asymmetric information, coercion and vulnerability. It then goes on by looking at the question of harm, looking at bodily and psychological harm and lastly at the notion of human dignity. Adapted from the source document.