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The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag

The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag

Brett Lunceford
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 29
ISBN13: 9781466664333|ISBN10: 1466664339|EISBN13: 9781466664340
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch115
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Lunceford, Brett. "The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag." Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 2083-2111. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch115

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Lunceford, B. (2015). The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 2083-2111). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch115

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Lunceford, Brett. "The Ethics of Seeking Body Perfection, with Continual Reference to Heidi Montag." In Human Rights and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 2083-2111. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6433-3.ch115

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Abstract

In an increasingly visual society, beauty may seem only skin deep. This chapter considers the ethics of cosmetic surgery through the lens of posthumanism, a stance that suggests that defects of the body can be overcome through technology. Cosmetic surgery, with its reliance on prostheses and promise of reshaping the body, is, at its heart, a posthuman enterprise. Although many have engaged in cosmetic surgery, actress Heidi Montag became an exemplar of reshaping the body by undergoing ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. Using Montag as foil, this chapter examines four ethical dimensions of cosmetic surgery: the ethics of the medical professionals who perform and advertise these procedures, the ethics of the individual making the decision, the ethics of the media structures that promote a homogenous ideal of beauty, and the ethics of those who tacitly approve of such procedures.

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