Happiness In Joanna Mackay's Organ Sales Will Save Lives

Material things are not always a necessity to own in life, but they are enjoyable. Expensive clothes, luxurious cars, and an enormous estate can all be purchased if one has enough money. These material items make people feel important, but the feeling of importance is not the only thing obtainable through purchase. Many individuals believe happiness cannot be bought, but society says otherwise. “Organ Sales Will Save Lives,” by Joanna Mackay explains the need for legal sales of organs to assist people requiring money for various reasons. Happiness comes in the form of financial stability or a guaranteed meal every night. To achieve happiness in such forms, some people will go to great lengths. Money, and the lack of it, drives seemingly normal people to commit immoral and unthinkable acts.
Shows, such as “Fear Factor,” are prime examples of the abnormal steps normal people will take to obtain a few thousand dollars. Contestants eat raw animal parts, enter large tubs with scorpions or snakes, and dangle hundreds of feet above ground for the chance to win a cash prize. “Millions of people take risks to their health
If the seller offers exotic animals illegally, this action also affects the life and health of the “merchandise.” As immoral as it seems to risk another animal’s life for the seller’s benefit, people will do so without thinking twice to make a few extra dollars. Death cannot deter some people from aiming for a lump sum. Poverty-stricken groups are always trying to find ways to supplement their extremely low or nonexistent income. Selling body parts or organs on the Black Market is becoming a widely considered option. “These people have decided…their best hope for money is to sell a kidney,” explains just how desperate a person can become when faced with the lack of money needed to survive (Mackay 121). They cannot come up with a better solution, and they feel their only way out is