One of the largest and most prevalent issues in healthcare discussed today is the concern over the organ donation shortage. As the shortage of organ donations continues to be a growing problem, the government and many hospitals are also increasingly trying to find ways to increase the number of organ donations. In the United States alone, at least 6,000 patients die each year while on waiting lists for new organs (Petersen & Lippert-Rasmussen, 2011). Although thousands of transplant candidates die from terminal vital organ diseases while waiting for a suitable organ, only a fraction of eligible organ donors actually donate. Therefore, the marked gap between supply and demand for transplantable organs is one of the reasons exacerbating this shortage of organ donations (Parker, Winslade, & Paine, 2002). In the past, many people sought transplantable organs from cadaver donors. However, when many ethical questions arose about how to determine whether a person actually died due to cardiopulmonary or neurological disorders (Tong, 2007), many medical professionals and transplant candidates instead focused on obtaining transplantable organs from living donors. As a result, in 2001, the number of living donors exceeded the number of cadaveric donors for the first time (Tong, 2007). Despite the increase in the rate of organ transplantation from living donors, the supply and demand for recipients and donors has still not increased. encounter. In an effort to encourage and further increase the number of organs available for transplantation from living donors, the possibility of an organ market has been drawn to attention (Tong, 2007). While the idea of ​​an organ market system would theoretically improve the number of living organs... middle of paper ... making his decision to sell unethical. If there were a rare situation in which sellers of all income classes would actually wish to sell their organs without any hesitation or restriction, only then would the principle of autonomy truly provide a reasonable argument for the creation of a market for organs. While there are some valid reasons to support the creation of an organ market based on the principles of beneficence and autonomy, there are also many compelling reasons against the market. Allowing the existence of organ markets would theoretically increase the number of organ transplants from living donors, but the negative consequences that these organ markets will have on society are too serious. Thus, the use of justice and non-maleficence as guiding ethical principles precisely constrains the creation of the organ market as an ethical system..