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> If they're dead does it really impact the ethics? Yes? I feel pretty comfortable saying that the live/dead status of the author (and subjects) is one of many
by stickfigure 5y ago
> If they're dead does it really impact the ethics?
Yes? I feel pretty comfortable saying that the live/dead status of the author (and subjects) is one of many factors that affects the ethics involved in publishing something like that. That seems to be the question of this thread, no?
- mattigames 5y agoYet you evade the most obvious question of how would the children (and grandchildren) of the dead would feel about such usage of their remains, may it be a letter or a 4K private sex tape.
- stickfigure 5y agoEh? If my grandmother's sex "tapes" (we're probably talking 16mm film) are circulating, good for her! I sincerely hope she had a more excitement in her life than simply raising kids in the depression. I would be proud. How would my child feel about videos of me and/or his mother? I'm pretty sure just as squicked as any kid will be about the idea of their parents having sex. Which they all know we do. You pretend otherwise to your kids?
- kodah 5y agoThe question is, is someone allowed to make that choice for you, ever? I think not, and it's still a question much in debate, which we have made an excellent demonstration of here.
- stickfigure 5y agoThe debate is pretty clearly settled as both a matter of law and a matter of fact - Feynman's estate sold the letters. If you're the legal owner of your grandmother's intimate notes, you can make your own choice.