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Addendum: People have notified me that after almost 2 1/2 years, many of the pictures are now missing. I have created galleries with the pictures and hosted them on my homepage:
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I have no problem at all with people who have plastic surgery. Unlike those who believe that while it is great if you are born pretty, having a surgically constructed or enhanced face is a big no-no (ie A version of the Naturalistic fallacy), I have no problems with people getting tummy tucks, chin lifts, boob jobs or any other form of physical sculpting or enhancement. After all, she seems to have gotten quite a reception on Hottest Blogger.
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Denying that you have gone under the knife and feigning, with a note of irritation, tired resignation about the accusations, however, is a very different matter. Considering that many sources know the truth about her plastic surgery, this is a most perilous assertion to make and I was riled enough to come up with this blog post. [Addendum: She also goes around online squashing accusations and allegations of surgery.]
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Two wrongs and two rights. -
Not exactly the most recent case, but still worth revisiting the ethical concerns behind it. It is easy to find more than one ethical question and problem in this case and it involves more than one technology. The dichotomies of lies versus truths, nature versus man-made, wrongs versus rights, beautiful versus ugly,and so on... So who is right and who is wrong in this case? Whose and what rights are invoked and/or violated? Can a right be wrong? Can a wrong be right? Do two wrongs make one right? What parts do the technologies play in this case?
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On a side note, given the internet's capability to dig up past issues and rehash them, is it ethical for us to open up old wounds in the name of academic freedom? Beyond research, with IRB and such, what about daily academic discourses and processes? What are the ethical concerns?