At first surgery was implemented to help patients who are sick,but now with the advancements in cosmetic surgery people are able to change their physical appearance to meet the demands of society.Society forces people to neglect moral values when considering cosmetic surgery because the media portrays men and women as beautiful and that beauty is the most important aspect of a human being.The main claim for the support of cosmetic surgery is that the patient are happier and more confident after having cosmetic surgery.Even though cosmetic surgery makes the patient supposedly feel happier and more confident many health risks arise from cosmetic surgery.The Dalai Lama in his essay “Ethics and the new Genetics” ponders the effects of genetic engineering …show more content…
“As in all cases, what must govern one’s decisions is the question of compassionate motivation”(Dalai Lama 64).The Dalai Lama also addresses that when making a decision compassion should motivate the final decision.The moral values of the person should be the driving force when deciding to do cosmetic surgery because the human person is more than the physical appearance,but it is the morals that a person has that defines them as a person. “what ethical convictions do gourmets evolve that allow them not just to eat but to savor and enjoy flesh-based viands (since of course refined enjoyment, rather than just ingestion, is the whole point of gastronomy)?(Wallace 459).Wallace brings up the that when doing unethical situations as boiling lobsters what factor in a cook’s humanity that allows a person to boil a lobster alive with no remorse.When