Second Necrophilia Post

[einbert]

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Now I would have a problem with people selling loved ones corpses in a necrophilia contract, but even in this case it's hard to find the 'wrong'.

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Don't you think a living person has the right to control over what happens to her body once she is dead? To say that her husband has the right to simply sell the rights to her corpse and pocket the money is akin to saying he could sell her into slavery or that he actually owns her.

I don't think it's very hard to find the wrong here.

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Don't you think a living person has the right to control over what happens to her body once she is dead?

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Not at all. Any assets owned by a person is given up once that person is dead. A dead person can't have rights. Now a person may make suggestions prior to his or her death, but even then they don't have to be honored. I don't know if you remember when the baseball legend Ted Williams passed away, his wishes were to have his body cremated then scattered over the Florida Keys. His son, in lue of cremation, had his body frozen. Though I believe there was some dispute over some documents which stated William's desire.

Anyway, even if you're suggesting that a person does have control over their dead body, then that only validates a necrophilia contract. Even if a loved one specificly states that they do not want their body used for sexual acts, EVEN then I have a problem saying that it's wrong to go against their wishes.

[einbert]

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Any assets owned by a person is given up once that person is dead.

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I was referring to the sale of her dead body while she is still alive (thus "a living person").

And what you are talking about about Ted Williams is a legal issue rather than a moral one.

I was talking about the sale of a corpse after death. If we're talking prior then I agree with you.