Aesthetics: What is Beauty?
Plastic surgery: Should we alter nature?
We have lots of resources that will give you a quick background on the issues surrounding body modification. Look in
The essence of this argument can be found at The Aesthetic Blog [http://www.plasticsurgerypractice.com/2008/10/a-philosophical-perspective-on-aesthetic-surgery/], a site for plastic surgeons and Changes to bodily appearance - the ethics of deliberate intervention [http://mh.bmj.com/content/26/1/43.full].
Is body reconstruction an artform?
The Ethics of Making the Body Beautiful [https://www.wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u58/2015/ethics-sara_goering-vol.8.pdf] discusses bioethics in the context of plastic surgery. It outlines key viewpoints about whether plastic surgery is empowering and you may wish to follow up some of the references.
START HERE and I should have the rest done by next week!
Classical Philosophers:
Plato Beauty is equated with "good" - ie. inner beauty - beautiful soul leading to beautiful thoughts
Plotinus
augustine
Modern
Dewey - Aesthetics should not refer just to the Arts - should be part of everyday life
Bryon good - representation of disease as social construction, like literature. Neeeds to be deconstructed into elements Interesting. Where does this locate psychological conditions involving bodily idnetities and aesthetics (eg anorexia, gender dysmorphia)?
Ruskin
Nuffield Council on Bioethics [http://nuffieldbioethics.org/wp-content/uploads/Forward_look_Background_paper_on-_aesthetic__cosmetic_procedures.pdf] outlines most of the key ethical concerns around plastic/cosmetic surgery
Kant and the Cosmetic Surgeon [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2689584] Still working out how to access this artical but I think it may be central to your argument
Philosophy for Medicine [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=T2SYyHXqyZUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false] Scroll down to page 83 for "The aesthetiocs of Medicine. If you feel this is crucial; I will try to get the book.
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- NF 646.72 Piercing, Tattooing and body modification
- NF 615.95 Cosmetic Surgery
- NF155.2 body Image
The essence of this argument can be found at The Aesthetic Blog [http://www.plasticsurgerypractice.com/2008/10/a-philosophical-perspective-on-aesthetic-surgery/], a site for plastic surgeons and Changes to bodily appearance - the ethics of deliberate intervention [http://mh.bmj.com/content/26/1/43.full].
Is body reconstruction an artform?
The Ethics of Making the Body Beautiful [https://www.wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u58/2015/ethics-sara_goering-vol.8.pdf] discusses bioethics in the context of plastic surgery. It outlines key viewpoints about whether plastic surgery is empowering and you may wish to follow up some of the references.
START HERE and I should have the rest done by next week!
Classical Philosophers:
Plato Beauty is equated with "good" - ie. inner beauty - beautiful soul leading to beautiful thoughts
Plotinus
augustine
Modern
Dewey - Aesthetics should not refer just to the Arts - should be part of everyday life
Bryon good - representation of disease as social construction, like literature. Neeeds to be deconstructed into elements Interesting. Where does this locate psychological conditions involving bodily idnetities and aesthetics (eg anorexia, gender dysmorphia)?
Ruskin
Nuffield Council on Bioethics [http://nuffieldbioethics.org/wp-content/uploads/Forward_look_Background_paper_on-_aesthetic__cosmetic_procedures.pdf] outlines most of the key ethical concerns around plastic/cosmetic surgery
Kant and the Cosmetic Surgeon [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2689584] Still working out how to access this artical but I think it may be central to your argument
Philosophy for Medicine [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=T2SYyHXqyZUC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false] Scroll down to page 83 for "The aesthetiocs of Medicine. If you feel this is crucial; I will try to get the book.
Bring in book on whiteness - michael jackson article...