Some ethical considerations regarding female genital cutting

الملخص EN

According to each society's condition the ethical attitude of the individual may be colored by the attitude of the society.

It is therefore not surprising to find what is ethical in one society might not be ethical in another.

Female Genital Cutting, as an example, is seen in some societies as a must and something good for the whole community in general and for girls in particular, while in others, it is seen as mutilation and violation of human rights.

The current paper examines female genital cutting from ethical point of view.

The paper discusses the issue in the following themes: definition and classification of the practice, the justifications of the practice, the complications and lastly the ethical reflections.

The paper argues that laws that prohibit the practice would not work, without wide socio-cultural change; any effort to eradicate the practice would not succeed