Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries

by David Benatar and Leslie Cannold

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When the benefits of surgery do not outweigh the harms or where they do not clearly do so, surgical interventions become morally contested. Cutting to the Core examines a number of such surgeries, including infant male circumcision and cutting the genitals of female children, the separation of conjoined twins, surgical sex assignment of intersex children and the surgical re-assignment of transsexuals, limb and face transplantation, cosmetic surgery,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:074255001X

ISBN13:9780742550018

Release Date:March 2006

Publisher:Rlpg/Galleys

Length:246 Pages

Weight:0.83 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.2" x 9.0"

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