So nowadays we are seeing such great advances in prosthetics. Digitally printing hand and other prosthetics and they work almost S good as the real thing. We do this for for those who have lost limbs. But can we take it further? If we have someone who still has, say his arm. But it is deformed and/or not working right. Is it ethical to amputate that arm and replace it with a prosthetic that works better than his current arm?
So nowadays we are seeing such great advances in prosthetics. Digitally printing hand and other prosthetics and they work almost S good as the real thing. We do this for for those who have lost limbs. But can we take it further? If we have someone who still has, say his arm. But it is deformed and/or not working right. Is it ethical to amputate that arm and replace it with a prosthetic that works better than his current arm?
Added: my husband thought of another real scenario. We have a friend who has bone cancer. Every time they go in to remove it he has to undergo several month of therapy and then 5-8 years he has to go in and redo everything. They have to replace the bone entirely each time. Would it be ethical to amputate the leg below the knee and fit him with a prosthetic? With one of those he would only have to have it readjusted every 4-5 years with only a couple of hours therapy to get accustomed to the new adjustment. It would also cost less than any one surgery.
Scenario 1: No. One may only amputate a malignant organ.
So nowadays we are seeing such great advances in prosthetics. Digitally printing hand and other prosthetics and they work almost S good as the real thing. We do this for for those who have lost limbs. But can we take it further? If we have someone who still has, say his arm. But it is deformed and/or not working right. Is it ethical to amputate that arm and replace it with a prosthetic that works better than his current arm?
Added: my husband thought of another real scenario. We have a friend who has bone cancer. Every time they go in to remove it he has to undergo several month of therapy and then 5-8 years he has to go in and redo everything. They have to replace the bone entirely each time. Would it be ethical to amputate the leg below the knee and fit him with a prosthetic? With one of those he would only have to have it readjusted every 4-5 years with only a couple of hours therapy to get accustomed to the new adjustment. It would also cost less than any one surgery.
So nowadays we are seeing such great advances in prosthetics. Digitally printing hand and other prosthetics and they work almost S good as the real thing. We do this for for those who have lost limbs. But can we take it further? If we have someone who still has, say his arm. But it is deformed and/or not working right. Is it ethical to amputate that arm and replace it with a prosthetic that works better than his current arm?
Added: my husband thought of another real scenario. We have a friend who has bone cancer. Every time they go in to remove it he has to undergo several month of therapy and then 5-8 years he has to go in and redo everything. They have to replace the bone entirely each time. Would it be ethical to amputate the leg below the knee and fit him with a prosthetic? With one of those he would only have to have it readjusted every 4-5 years with only a couple of hours therapy to get accustomed to the new adjustment. It would also cost less than any one surgery.
I consider it ethical even if the appendage or part were perfectly fine and all someone wanted to do was increase performance modify their looks ect. Hell if they wanted to transplant their brain into a jar, it's their business and none of mine.
You ever read Heinlein? I forget the novel but it had sex changes as a normal part of living. Changing every so often.
Was it one of Heinlein's stories where the proceedure was so complete that a guy ended up being his own mother and father via time travel?
I think it was Friday, but its been a while since I groked anything.
why...
Because mutilating people is wrong.
I consider it ethical even if the appendage or part were perfectly fine and all someone wanted to do was increase performance modify their looks ect. Hell if they wanted to transplant their brain into a jar, it's their business and none of mine.
You ever read Heinlein? I forget the novel but it had sex changes as a normal part of living. Changing every so often.
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