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Summary Of Kidneys For Sale A Reconsideration By Tom Shulman

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Can there be a Price on Organs? The decision as to why organs should or should not be on sale is not as popular as it should be. There are many different opinions on the topic that makes sense, but which opinion is actually credible? Some of the common thoughts that are taken into consideration about selling organs are the pricing of the organs, should there be a legalization of the black market selling organs, and is the procedures necessarily safe for the donor. The story, “Kidneys for Sale: A Reconsideration” opinion favors both sides of the argument. Miriam Schulman creates a well-balanced stance on how she feels about the selling of organs. The article was first published in 1988 by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Ten years later …show more content…

She uses different rhetorical techniques effectively. Usually, most authors who uses rhetorical techniques use them in persuasive writing, but Schulman’s story was not a persuasive essay. Schulman uses rhetorical techniques effectively without being biased since she shares both the negative and positive arguments, does not include a personal perception, and the vocabulary she uses is professional and unattached to her personal feelings towards the subject.
Schulman creates professional and logical claims in her writing. Through she was not biased to either side, there was a lot of negative statements that outweighed the positive. For example, towards the beginning of her expository piece, it focuses on the individuals who are waiting to receive organs. There are much more …show more content…

A unique approach to explain a controversial topic that is not discussed as much as it should. The story was first published all the way back in 1988 by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and was post on the website ten years later. Currently, the topic of organ transplants, specifically kidneys, are not discussed as much as hearts and lungs. Schulman manages to create a non-persuasive story that focuses on all the common thoughts that are taken into consideration when discussing organ selling. Her use of rhetorical techniques was very important because of this type of writing. Especially her use of pathos. It could not be too emotional on either side or the story would be off balance and become persuasive. Reviewing the information in the text that is included in her piece, it creates thought about if the statistics have worsened because the bigger number of people who are in need of organ or strengthen the statistic because of the increased technology since the late

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