Pros and Cons of Cryonics:
Benefitso Human survival during extended space travel with minimal bodily atrophy and aging (3)
o Survival of human race, along with animal and plant species, in the occurrence of a nuclear holocaust (3) o Possibility for cryopreservation of aborted fetuses solving anti-abortion issues (1) o Potential to keep people with illnesses from getting worse and dying (1) o Organs could be preserved and banked for people who need them (1) o Food could be preserved indefinitely for future crises and famines (1) o Saving endangered species (1) |
Costso Violates sense of what is particular and precious in life (3)
o Imposes a burden of anxiety and false expectation (3) o Promotes unawareness of mortality and connected values (3) o Degradation of human nature and destiny (3) o Encroaches upon personal freedom and fulfillment (3) o Expense negates justice and the common good (3) |