Mark Cherry

For the creator of the TV series Desperate Housewives, see Marc Cherry.

Mark J. Cherry is the Dr. Patricia A. Hayes Professor in Applied Ethics at St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas.[1] 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 of persons over themselves.[2] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b [http://www.asiaing.com/prohibitions-by-the-institute-of-economic-affairs.html Mark J. Cherry], Asiaing.com, accessed January 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Cherry, Mark. "Why Should We Compensate Organ Donors When We Can Continue to Take Organs for Free? A Response to Some of My Critics" Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine, The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, October 21, 2009.