Giving a kidney in exchange for money sounds less “exploitative” (I don’t think it is, I am modeling public perception) than providing a kidney in exchange for beauty surgery because expectations are more explicit for money than a beauty surgery.
I think this is basically because
People in need of such surgery are either “irrationally” obsessed with their body image or in need of medical intervention they can’t afford.
I imagine giving a kidney in exchange for fat removal will be more regretful:
Receiving money is a reasonably straightforward/bounded event [e.g., not “wasting money” afterward is personal responsibility].
While fat removal implicitly sells persistent results. Getting weight back is plausible, and people are likely to misprice the risks due to wishful thinking. Also, incentives are pretty asymmetric, so “I was misled about efficacy” might be a common complaint.
Giving a kidney in exchange for money sounds less “exploitative” (I don’t think it is, I am modeling public perception) than providing a kidney in exchange for beauty surgery because expectations are more explicit for money than a beauty surgery.
I think this is basically because
People in need of such surgery are either “irrationally” obsessed with their body image or in need of medical intervention they can’t afford.
I imagine giving a kidney in exchange for fat removal will be more regretful:
Receiving money is a reasonably straightforward/bounded event [e.g., not “wasting money” afterward is personal responsibility].
While fat removal implicitly sells persistent results. Getting weight back is plausible, and people are likely to misprice the risks due to wishful thinking. Also, incentives are pretty asymmetric, so “I was misled about efficacy” might be a common complaint.