Archard, David (2002) 'Selling Yourself:Titmuss's Argument Against a Market in Blood. The Journal of Ethics, 6 (1). pp. 87-102.
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This article defends Richard Titmuss''s argument, and PeterSinger''s sympathetic support for it, against orthodoxphilosophical criticism. The article specifies thesense in which a market in blood is ``dehumanising'''' ashaving to do with a loss of ``imagined community'''' orsocial ``integration'''', and not with a loss of valued or``deeper'''' liberty. It separates two ``domino arguments''''– the ``contamination of meaning'''' argument and the``erosion of motivation'''' argument which support, indifferent but interrelated ways, the claim that amarket in blood is ``imperialistic.'''' Concentrating onthe first domino argument the article considers theview that monetary and non-monetary meanings of thesame good can co-exist given the robustness of certainkinds of relationship and joint undertakings withinwhich gifts can figure. It argues that societalrelationships are vulnerable or permeable to theeffects of the market in a way that those constitutiveof the personal sphere are not.General, more broadly political questions remainunanswered but the core of Titmuss''s original andchallenging argument remains and can be presented ina defensible form.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | The Journal of Ethics |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | altruism - blood - domino argument - Eric Mack - gift - imagined community - market - personal attributes - Peter Singer - Richard Titmuss |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Departments: | Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences > Politics & International Relations (Merged into PPR 2010-08-01) |
| ID Code: | 34172 |
| Deposited By: | Mrs Yaling Zhang |
| Deposited On: | 03 Sep 2010 16:17 |
| Refereed?: | Yes |
| Published?: | Published |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 17:34 |
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| URI: | http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/34172 |
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