On the Immorality of Tattoos
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25210%2F20%3A39916449" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25210/20:39916449 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10892-019-09319-w" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10892-019-09319-w</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10892-019-09319-w" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10892-019-09319-w</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
On the Immorality of Tattoos
Original language description
Tattoos are widely regarded as morally neutral, and the decision to have them as carrying no ethical implications. The aim of this paper is to question this assumption. I argue that (at least some) decisions to have tattoos involve risks that are not merely prudential—they are normative. The argument starts with a thesis that the power we presently have over our lives is constrained by the need to respect our future selves. If we make a discretionary choice that disregards our future interests and preferences, then, under certain circumstances, we can be morally to blame. I argue that certain decisions to get tattoos fit this description. Therefore, getting some tattoos makes us blameworthy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000425" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000425: Centre for Ethics</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Ethics
ISSN
1382-4554
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
24
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
193-206
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85078421930