Mark J. Cherry is the Dr. Patricia A. Hayes Professor in Applied Ethics at

St. Edward's University St. Edward's University is a private, Catholic university in Austin, Texas, United States. It was founded and is operated in the Holy Cross tradition. History Founding and early history St. Edward's University was founded by the Reverend Edwa ...

, Austin, Texas.Mark J. Cherry
/nowiki>, Asiaing.com, accessed January 23, 2010. He is the author of ''Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market'' (2005), in which he argues that human body parts are commodities, and that the market is the most efficient and morally justified way to procure and allocate organs for transplant. His argument is based in part on what he calls the

moral authority Moral authority is authority premised on principles, or fundamental truths, which are independent of written, or positive laws. As such, moral authority necessitates the existence of and adherence to truth. Because truth does not change the princip ...

of persons over themselves.Cherry, Mark
"Why Should We Compensate Organ Donors When We Can Continue to Take Organs for Free? A Response to Some of My Critics"
, ''The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy'', October 21, 2009. Cherry is the editor of the ''Journal of Medicine and Philosophy'', ''Christian Bioethics'', editor-in-chief of the Health- Care Ethics Committee Forum, and series co-editor of the ''Annals of Bioethics''. __TOC__

Books

*''Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, and the Market''. Georgetown University Press, 2005. , 9781589010406 *''Sex, Family, and the Culture Wars''. Transaction Publishers, 2016.

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