RE: ethical problem? Some kind of problem, anyway...

From: O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Date: Mon Apr 19 1999 - 00:12:15 MDT


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>From: Eugene Leitl[SMTP:eugene.leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de]
> > Waking up is the problem. Under what circumstance would you be woken?
> > What motivations would lead a society to bring you back? What will
> > governments do with your corpsicle in the meantime?
>
>I thought _dying_ was the main problem. Which circumstances? Any. If I
>don't like, I can always commit suicide. [snipped]

Can you always commit suicide? If you've been awakened by an evil future
government that wants to do evil things with the smart brains of the
people who were smart enough to get themselves cryonically suspended,
you're not going to get an off button I'd think. Future governments
might indeed find a use for good working minds in "corpses" (ie:
redefining corpsicles as dead, so not accorded the rights of the
living). You know governments...

Emlyn



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