TV Cannibalism, Body Worlds and Trade in Human Body Parts: Legal-Philosophical Reflections on the Rise of Late Modern Cannibalism | Zendy

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TV Cannibalism, Body Worlds and Trade in Human Body Parts: Legal-Philosophical Reflections on the Rise of Late Modern Cannibalism

Author(s) -

B.C. van Beers

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

amsterdam law forum

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1876-8156

DOI - 10.37974/alf.221

Subject(s) - cannibalism , theme (computing) , section (typography) , sociology , law , history , media studies , political science , computer science , ecology , larva , biology , operating system

In December, 2011 two Dutch TV presenters ate pieces of each other’s flesh in front of a live television audience. Despite the obscurity of this cannibalistic episode in television history, the matter touches on a series of complex legal and philosophical questions that are discussed in this article, such as the boundaries of criminal law, the legal limits of personal autonomy and law’s changing relation to the biological aspects of life. Moreover, through its analysis of the arguments involved, this article offers legal-philosophical reflection on the role of taboos in legal approaches to the human body and derived materials.

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