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>Dead or alive they are still your friends, family, coworkers I think that's the main idea at issue here: Are they still those people? Or are they just, to ove
by rev_bird 10y ago
>Dead or alive they are still your friends, family, coworkers
I think that's the main idea at issue here: Are they still those people? Or are they just, to oversimplify a little, just some old meat?
- asimuvPR 10y agoYour body is as much part of you as your mind/thoughts/consciousness. Just like a battery is still a battery even after it holds no more charge. It's not a piece of metal but a battery. A dead one at that.
- dTal 10y agoI think it's arguable that a battery that can no longer be charged is a "battery". At best it's a "dead battery", and you'd be annoyed if someone sold you the latter as the former. Analogously, I would not call Bob's dead body "Bob", but rather "Bob's corpse". It's kind of a dumb philosophical argument though. We all know what's really going on, so it's pointless to argue over words.
- rev_bird 10y agoIt might be (waaay) outside the scope of the usual discussions around here, but I don't know that it's pointless. I'm an atheist, and I'm totally fine with the idea that when I die, that's it, I'm as dead as any other organism. Still, though, I've got strong opinions about how I want to be "disposed of" when I die. Burial evokes strong emotions for me, and I can't for the life of me figure out why. Even in games like Fallout, I try not to leave corpses just lying in a river or in a shrub or something, even if it was somebody who was just trying to knife-murder me. I accept that it isn't a person anymore, like I said in my previous comment, but I still have a sentimental attachment to the... husk.