tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post4600693759129970185..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Coercion everywhere: organs editionEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-89667858213825801472012-08-22T23:04:30.481+12:002012-08-22T23:04:30.481+12:00Awesome, thanks. I should have linked the blog ins...Awesome, thanks. I should have linked the blog instead of just the paper; the paper had the most comprehensive in-one-place discussion, but just dumb that I left the blog out. Fixing presently. <br /><br /><br />I totally get the run of the mill rational irrationality stuff. I'm more curious whether anybody's made an argument that coherently rationalises the position to herself in a way that survives pressing.Eric Cramptonhttp://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-54648624511207947232012-08-22T22:24:05.007+12:002012-08-22T22:24:05.007+12:00I'm glad you asked, especially in the context ...I'm glad you asked, especially in the context of euvoluntary exchange. It's one of Munger and my favorite topics at the Euvoluntary Exchange blog. Here's a sample of some of the thoughts we've had:<br /><br /><br /> http://euvoluntaryexchange.blogspot.com/search/label/organ%20sales<br /><br /><br /> For me, it's a matter of aesthetics. Organs are personal, cherished things. Turning them into commodities violates what J. Haidt would call sanctity. How people get from there to public policy is run-of-the-mill public choice: voting is cheap, so they'll go with the intellectually lazy mood affiliation without carefully considering the alternatives they're foisting on the poor.Sam Wilsonnoreply@blogger.com