An Ethics of Embodiment: The Body as Object and Subject

Abstract

AbstractMost medical interventions are aimed at the body: the body in pain, the sick body, the infected body, the wounded body, the old body, the dysfunctioning body, the fat body, the paralyzed body, the disfigured body, the athletic body, the pregnant body etc. Medical practices intend to cure, nurse or enhance the body—whether it is sick, impaired, at risk, or healthy. They seek to prevent, release or alleviate physical suffering.KeywordsPhenomenological ApproachExternal ViewBodily IntegrityMotor IntentionalityPhysical SufferingThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.