RT Article
T1 Is Physical Alteration a Sufficient Reason to Prohibit Ritual Infant Circumcision?
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 60
IS 3
SP 1672
OP 1693
A1 Jacobs, Allan J.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1762965534
AB European culture and thought have long disfavored ritual child circumcision, which is obligatory to Jews and Muslims. Much opposition to this practice hinges on the notion that it represents an unwarranted unconsented physical assault on the child. This article takes issue with that conclusion. Furthermore, even if one were to grant this conclusion, the offense is not of sufficient magnitude to warrant government action to halt the practice. On the other hand, suppression of ritual child circumcision may represent an attack against cultures and societies in which circumcision is practiced.
K1 Autonomy
K1 Circumcision
K1 Judaism
K1 Kant
K1 Physical alteration
DO 10.1007/s10943-020-01139-9