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Is Circumcision Ethical?
I. Introduction
The term "ethics" has esoteric meanings in the fields of law, medicine, philosophy, science, and others. In answering the question of whether circumcision is ethical, it would behoove us to focus on the meaning of "'ethics" in everyday life. In normal parlance, ethics simply means: doing what is right, living by the golden rule of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," not causing harm to the innocent. In this essay, I will argue that, based on this definition of ethics, circumcision of non-consenting minors is unethical. I base my conclusion on several, but certainly not all, of the ethical quandaries implicated by infant circumcision.In this country, circumcisions are most commonly performed by physicians. Therefore, the first question before us is whether it is ethical for doctors to ci...See the full content of this document
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