Body Modification Surgery Benefits

Next, I will explain the arguments on why it is not morally permissible to allow body modifications for patients that suffer from B.I.I.D. First, the procedure, as well as, long-term consequences may cause tremendous harm to the patient. The medical professional made the Hipporatic Oath to do no harm to a patient. The medical professional is supposed to act with non-maleficence and perform procedures where benefits outweigh the costs. The amputation and paralysis procedures have numerous risks involved. For one, the procedure would be experimental. As researchers have found no direct cure for B.I.I.D., the procedure may not cure the patient, therefore the procedure is an experiment to hopefully solve the patients’ problem but is not a definitive solution. Secondly, any surgery increases the risk of the patient receiving an …show more content…
patients is immoral are not justified with a series of rebuttals. First, by not allowing the procedure to take place, the patients are likely to harm themselves. The side-effects of living with B.I.I.D. will eventually become too difficult to manage and the patient will attempt to amputate his or her own limb or commit suicide; mental suffering far surpasses the risk of suffering after the procedure. Secondly, the medical profession has deemed treatments and therapies not a cure to the disorder, but patients have had positive experiences from the procedure. Lastly, a persons’ autonomy holds a higher value than a person’s justice to society. A person is able to do what they would like as long as it does not hurt others. For example, if an individual buys two cheeseburgers and decides he only wants one, he is able to throw the second cheeseburger away. While that is wasteful and other people may have liked to eat that cheeseburger, he is not helping another individual nor is he hurting another individual by throwing the cheeseburger