body world moral or immoral? by atonomist dr. gunther von hagens
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Body World
Moral or Immoral?
By Atonomist Dr. Gunther von Hagens
PLASTINATION
Invented 1970’s• Preserve body's• Water and fat replaced by certain plastics.• They can be touched• No smell or decay
ISSUES
• Religious• Political/Legal• Educational• Personal
RELIGIOUS
• Catholic/Jewish• Not respectful of human body
Political/Legal• Getting body's from unknown (illegal)
origins...prisoners in China... Body's returned after finding out.
• Laws/Permits• Human/Animal Rights• Willing donation of bodies• Make Profit
EDUCATIONAL
• Exhibits: Brain, Heart, Mirror of Time, Sex, Muscles, Etc...
• Its purpose is to educate people about human body.
Personal
• What do you think? Moral or Immoral?• What makes this any different then when
Leonardo de Vinci cut open corpses to learn more about the human anatomy?
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Worlds#Controversies
2. www.bodyworks.com3. www.images.google.ca/bodyworld