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November 17, 2025The Linacre Quarterly

Organ Donation Ethics: A Casuist Analysis of Routine-Salvage Versus Opt-in Models

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TMTai MetzgerTITina IzadZJZeeshan Javed

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Overview

Casuist analysis demonstrates the moral imperative of organ procurement in society, weighing individual autonomy and opt-out models.

Key Points

  • This analysis evaluates ethical frameworks for organ donation models, focusing on autonomy and societal needs.
  • Applied a casuist ethical framework to compare organ procurement models.
  • Analyzed the opt-in and routine-salvage models of organ donation.
  • Explored ethical implications of autonomy versus societal welfare.
  • Identified that the opt-in model emphasizes individual autonomy but results in lower donation rates.
  • Found that the routine-salvage model increases the donor pool, raising ethical questions.
  • Suggests the opt-out model as a pragmatic option balancing autonomy with the need to save lives.

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Metzger et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/692509eec0ce034ddc352ad9https://doi.org/10.1177/00243639251394196
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