Technology,Capital and the Body:Ethical Reflections on Medical Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
With the development of modern medical technology and the enhancement of individual body consciousness,the body is not only"scrutinized"as a social spectacle and"anticipated"as a digital illusion by aesthetic standards but also"sculpted"by technology as an object of modification.Medical aesthetic plastic surgery is seen as an effective means of body modification and providing opportunities for"re-identification".However,under the power of capital,the whole process of medical aesthetic plastic surgery is faced with ethical dilemma of alienation of purpose,aesthetic alienation,bodily alienation and identity alienation.Accordingly,it is proposed to view medical aesthetic plastic surgery technology through the lens of body ethics,rectify the purpose of medical aesthetic surgery,strengthen education on body aesthetics,regulate the application of medical aesthetic technology,and guide capital to make sound use of its technology,with a view to realizing the ethical concerns of the human body.
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