When I try to make similar arguments, a common response is “Oh so you think people being forced to sell their kidneys is fine!”. You touch on this a little but I think an important thing to reiterate is that creating a world where people have good options is good, but banning a bad option isn’t the way to do it.
If you don’t want people to have to sell kidneys to pay for X, look for solutions that make X cheaper or that make people richer, and then see if your solution worked by monitoring if people are still needing to sell their kidneys to buy X.
″...an important thing to reiterate is that creating a world where people have good options is good, but banning a bad option isn’t the way to do it.” This is very well-phrased and I strongly agree. In fact, I think you have managed to summarise my view better than I did myself!
When I try to make similar arguments, a common response is “Oh so you think people being forced to sell their kidneys is fine!”. You touch on this a little but I think an important thing to reiterate is that creating a world where people have good options is good, but banning a bad option isn’t the way to do it.
If you don’t want people to have to sell kidneys to pay for X, look for solutions that make X cheaper or that make people richer, and then see if your solution worked by monitoring if people are still needing to sell their kidneys to buy X.
″...an important thing to reiterate is that creating a world where people have good options is good, but banning a bad option isn’t the way to do it.” This is very well-phrased and I strongly agree. In fact, I think you have managed to summarise my view better than I did myself!