The Anti-Mocking Argument for Circumcision

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I'm actually sympathetic to the view that this is inhumane, unnecessary, and just a relic of religious ritual. And so that's really not the part of mocking. It's sort of the victimhood that's claimed though,. The seriousness with which people are like, you know, my life just sucks now because I was circumcised in infant. You could have done a lot of shit to me as an infant that had like,you know, minor physical damage. And I'd be okay, I think. So it's weird.

David and Tamler break down a recent classic in the philosophy of mind: "The Extended Mind" by Andy Clark and David Chalmers. What is boundary of your mind? Is it contained with your body, or does it extend to the external environment--to your laptop, notebook, smartphone and more? Is this a purely terminological question, or one with practical and moral significance? And what is the role of intuition in providing an answer? Plus, Dave shares an email alerting him to the psychological trauma of male circumcision along with an exciting all-natural method for restoring the foreskin (that was stolen from us as infants).

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