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Cutting to the Core: Exploring the Ethics of Contested Surgeries
By Michael Benatar (Contribution by), Leslie Cannold (Contribution by), Dena Davis (Contribution by), Merle Spriggs (Contribution by), Julian Savulescu (Contribution by), Heather Draper (Contribution by), Neil Evans (Contribution by), Richard Hull (Contribution by), Stephen Wilkinson (Contribution by), David Wasserman (Contribution by), Donna Dickenson (Contribution by), Guy Widdershoven (Contribution by), Françoise Baylis (Contribution by), Stephen Coleman (Contribution by), Rosemarie Tong (Contribution by), Hilde Lindemann (Contribution by), David Neil (Contribution by), Alex John London (Contribution by), David Benatar (Editor)
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By Michael Benatar (Contribution by), Leslie Cannold (Contribution by), Dena Davis (Contribution by), Merle Spriggs (Contribution by), Julian Savulescu (Contribution by), Heather Draper (Contribution by), Neil Evans (Contribution by), Richard Hull (Contribution by), Stephen Wilkinson (Contribution by), David Wasserman (Contribution by), Donna Dickenson (Contribution by), Guy Widdershoven (Contribution by), Françoise Baylis (Contribution by), Stephen Coleman (Contribution by), Rosemarie Tong (Contribution by), Hilde Lindemann (Contribution by), David Neil (Contribution by), Alex John London (Contribution by), David Benatar (Editor)
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Surgery inevitably inflicts some harm on the body. At the very least, it damages the tissue that is cut. These harms often are clearly outweighed by the overall benefits to the patient. However, where the benefits 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...