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Eating People

Jeremy Bojczuk on the ethics of cannibalism.

If I should happen to drop dead tomorrow, please feel free to use what meat you can find on me. I won’t be able to object because I, as a conscious entity, will no longer exist. Ignore any objections by grieving loved ones. Such objections will be sentimental and unjustified; one may as well object to recycling the parts from an expired car. The physical object may have ceased to perform its main function, but benefit can still be gained from it.