Can Culture Justify Infant Circumcision?

Res Publica 20 (4):327-343 (2014)
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The paper addresses arguments in the recent philosophical and bioethical literature claiming that social and cultural benefits can justify non-therapeutic male infant circumcision. It rejects these claims by referring to the open future argument, according to which infant circumcision is morally unjustifiable because it violates the child’s right to an open future. The paper also addresses an important objection to the open future argument and examines the strength of the objection to refute the application of the argument to the circumcision case

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Eldar Sarajlic
Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY)

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Special agents: Children's autonomy and parental authority.Robert Noggle - 2002 - In David Archard & Colin M. Macleod (eds.), The Moral and Political Status of Children. Oxford University Press. pp. 97--117.
What rights (if any) do children have.Harry Brighouse - 2002 - In David Archard & Colin M. Macleod (eds.), The Moral and Political Status of Children. Oxford University Press. pp. 31--52.

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