Cutting to the core : exploring the ethics of contested surgeries / edited by David Benatar.

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Introduction. The ethics of contested surgeris / David Benatar -- pt. I. Male circumcision and female genital cutting -- Between prophylaxis and child abuse : the ethics of neonatal male circumcision / Michael Benatar, David Benatar -- The ethics of neonatal male circumcision : helping parents to decide / Leslie Cannold -- Genital alteration of female minors / Dena S. Davis -- pt. II. Sex assignment and reassignment surgery -- The ethics of surgically assigning sex for intersex children / Merle Spriggs, Julian Savulescu -- Transsexualism and gender reassignment surgery / Heather Daper, Neil Evans -- pt. III. Separating conjoined twins -- Separating conjoined twins : disability, ontology, and moral status / Richard Hull, Stephen Wilkinson -- Conjunction and separation : viable relationships, equitable partings / David Wasserman -- pt. IV. Limb and face transplantation -- Ethical issues in limb transplants / Donna Dickenson, Guy Widdershoven -- Changing faces : ethics, identity, and facial transplantation / Françoise Baylis -- pt. V. Cosmetic surgery -- A defense of cosmetic surgery / Stephen Coleman -- Beauty under the knife : a feminist appraisal of cosmetic surgery / Rosemarie Tong, Hilde Lindemann -- pt. VI. Placebo surgery -- The emperor's new scar : the ethics of placebo surgery / David Neil -- Sham surgery and reasonable risks / Alex John London.

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, and placebo surgery.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-231) and index.

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