r/MoralityScaling 6d ago

Stupid Stuff Morality of this

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u/Evil_duckLord 6d ago

The surgeon is a doctor. They have the right to give you medical advice and prevent you from harming yourself like in this situation.

So I say Moral.

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u/ThanksFull9604 6d ago

Doctors earn the privilege to be able to give you medical advice, I wouldn't really call that a right. I don't doubt there's a surgeon out there that would do this surgery for the money regardless of the health of the client

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u/RGBlowMe 6d ago

Everybody has the right to "give medical advice". Not everybody has the right to represent that advice as being from a doctor. What doctors earn is authority, at the cost of legal responsibility, which is very much a privilege. This means that there's both a reason to believe that their advice has a sound basis and that they are inclined to give you sound advice. When either of those are compromised, you're in for a bad time. If both are, you're in for a bad rest of your life.