The Moral Difference Between Bionic Legs and Restorative Legs

"The Bionic Man" is about a man who loses his limbs in an accident and gets them restored with bionics. "I could just remove my limbs and now I would be bionic," he says, adding that it's morally unacceptable to mutilate the body for something else. He asks: Would such an individual be allowed to participate in sporting events? Wouldn't it tip scales unfairly?"

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