NON-THERAPEUTIC MODIFICATION AND SELF-INTEREST: REPLY TO SCHRAMME

In this article I reply to Thomas Schramme's argument that there are no good reasons for the prohibition of severe forms of voluntary non-therapeutic body modification. I argue that on paternalistic assumptions there is, in fact, a perfectly good reason.

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Auteur principal: Curtis, Benjamin L. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell 2008
Dans: Bioethics
Année: 2008, Volume: 22, Numéro: 8, Pages: 455-456
Sujets non-standardisés:B Well-being
B Self interest
B Paternalism
B body modification
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Résumé:In this article I reply to Thomas Schramme's argument that there are no good reasons for the prohibition of severe forms of voluntary non-therapeutic body modification. I argue that on paternalistic assumptions there is, in fact, a perfectly good reason.
ISSN:1467-8519
Contient:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00668.x