What is mine to give, but not to sell: The moral limits of the market

Goal: Project funded by The Danish Research Council. There are few things money cannot buy. In India, you can pay a woman to give birth to your child. In Pakistan, you can buy a kidney. Around the world, sex can be bought from prostitutes. These markets are controversial and often illegal. But should they be?

Adults are morally permitted but never morally required to donate organs, become surrogate mothers, and have sex. So where (if anywhere) should we draw the line? The research project ‘What is mine to give, but not to sell: The moral limits of the market’ explores such questions.

The project offers a novel, innovative approach and develops a framework to identify the moral limits of markets.