RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 On the impermissibility of infant male circumcision: a response to Mazor (2013)
JF Journal of Medical Ethics
JO J Med Ethics
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics
SP 186
OP 190
DO 10.1136/medethics-2013-101598
VO 41
IS 2
A1 Eliyahu Ungar-Sargon
YR 2015
UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/41/2/186.abstract
AB This is a response to Dr Joseph Mazor’s paper ‘The child's interests and the case for the permissibility of male infant circumcision.’ I argue that Dr Mazor fails to prove that bodily integrity and self-determination are mere interests as opposed to genuine rights in the case of infant male circumcision. Moreover, I cast doubt on the interest calculus that Dr Mazor employs to arrive at his conclusions about circumcision.