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  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of Technology
  • Medical Ethics

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  • Technological progress enables artificial organs and limbs for functional body part replacement.
  • Increasing use of prostheses challenges traditional views of human bodies and their normative status.
  • Prostheses exist in an ambiguous state between inanimate objects and human body parts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the ethical implications of conceptualizing artificial body parts.
  • To analyze the normative status of human bodies in light of advanced prosthetics.
  • To propose an ethical framework for prostheses based on their relationship to persons.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of the conceptual status of prostheses.
  • Examination of the relationship between persons and their bodies.
  • Ethical argumentation regarding the moral standing of artificial body parts.

Main Results:

  • The normative status of human bodies is intrinsically linked to their relation to a person.
  • Similar relational dynamics can be established between persons and their prostheses.
  • Artificial body parts are not merely objects but share a status closer to biological body parts.

Conclusions:

  • Ethical considerations for prostheses should treat them as extensions of the self, similar to biological body parts.
  • Viewing prostheses as body parts, rather than objects, is crucial for navigating complex ethical issues.
  • This perspective supports a more nuanced understanding of identity and embodiment in the age of advanced prosthetics.