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Against the right to mutilation: an analogy ad absurdum

  • 0Department of Philosophy and History of Ideas, Aarhus University, Jens Chr. Skous Vej 7, Aarhus C., 8000, Denmark. filmd@cas.au.dk.
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January 7, 2026

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