Morphological freedom

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Morphological freedom designates a proposed civil right of a person to either maintain or modify his or her own body, on his or her own terms, through informed, consensual recourse to, or refusal of, available therapeutic or enabling medical technology.[1]

The term was coined by science debater Anders Sandberg who defined it as "an extension of one’s right to one’s body, not just self-ownership but also the right to modify oneself according to one’s desires."[2]

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According to rhetorician Dale Carrico, the politics of morphological freedom imply a commitment to the value, standing, and social legibility of the widest possible variety of desired morphologies and lifestyles. More specifically, morphological freedom is an expression of liberal pluralism, secularism, progressive cosmopolitanism, and posthumanist multiculturalisms applied to the ongoing and upcoming transformation of the understanding of medical practice from one of conventional therapy to one of consensual self-determination, via genetic, prosthetic, and cognitive modification.[1] |

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  1. ^ a b Carrico, Dale (2006). "The Politics of Morphological Freedom". Retrieved on 2007-01-28.
  2. ^ Sanberg, Anders (2001). "Morphological Freedom -- Why We not just Want it, but Need it". Retrieved on 2007-01-28.

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