Storing data that might be used to reconstruct someone in the future isn’t really objectionable, but that seems separate from actually using that data to create the resurrection. And it probably works out fine in the utilitarian calculus unless you count the sunk cost vs creating a “better” new person or a utility monster, but bringing someone back to life just because they didn’t mention that they didn’t want it, or you thought the reason they gave for not wanting it was irrational, sounds really skeevy. We have rules about consent for interacting with other people’s bodies, I think that includes implanting their consciousness in new bodies.
Most people hadn’t chance to rationally evolute would they want to be resurrected and especially by the means of DI. Of course we could model their answer, but we have to create their model first which create circular logic in this case. many religious people probably will prefer not be resurrected by DI, because they bet that they could get better type of immortality in the other world.
Also a person whose body is cryopreserved would rationally prefer be resurrected based on this body, but not using DI.
It is large open field of ethical and legal questions here.
What if a child died, and his father wants his DI (+DNA) immortality and his mother doesn’t?
Storing data that might be used to reconstruct someone in the future isn’t really objectionable, but that seems separate from actually using that data to create the resurrection. And it probably works out fine in the utilitarian calculus unless you count the sunk cost vs creating a “better” new person or a utility monster, but bringing someone back to life just because they didn’t mention that they didn’t want it, or you thought the reason they gave for not wanting it was irrational, sounds really skeevy. We have rules about consent for interacting with other people’s bodies, I think that includes implanting their consciousness in new bodies.
Most people hadn’t chance to rationally evolute would they want to be resurrected and especially by the means of DI. Of course we could model their answer, but we have to create their model first which create circular logic in this case. many religious people probably will prefer not be resurrected by DI, because they bet that they could get better type of immortality in the other world. Also a person whose body is cryopreserved would rationally prefer be resurrected based on this body, but not using DI. It is large open field of ethical and legal questions here. What if a child died, and his father wants his DI (+DNA) immortality and his mother doesn’t?