Abstract
An ethical approach to evaluating the attachment of a donor head and a donor body1 is challenged by two opposing temptations. On one side, it is easy to succumb to the common initial response of shock, repulsion, and knee-jerk opposition, which, in this case, is fueled by Sergio Canavero’s flamboyant and un-self-critical public and professional presentation. Ethical outrage is an easy response. Equally tempting is a sober analysis of the proposition itself, a discussion of whether head/body transplants are in and of themselves objectionable, and if so, under what circumstances, without discussing the actual context or personalities who are (they claim) preparing to attempt the procedure.