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The legality of zombification in real-life (www.lib.uchicago.edu)
submitted 1 month ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to c/damnthatsinteresting@lemmy.ml
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[โ€“] tilefan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

it feels like that article is only half finished

[โ€“] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Beyond the idiosyncracies of Haitian culture, body sovereign should prevail: if you're in full possession of your mental capacities and you explicitely wish to be zombified, why should you prevented to be?

But as always, holier-than-thou groups and the state who believe they have a God-given right to force their morals upon you or protect you from yourself will probably prevent you from exercizing sovereignty over your own body. E.g. body modification, abortion...