On 2/14/2003 7:13:39 PM, Professor Borrowdale wrote:
>On the naturalness of
>death--how are
>CPR, chemotherapy or even
>dentistry for
>that matter any less
>"unnatural" than
>Cyronics? Is what's natural
>always good?
hmmmn. What are you considering to be natural/unnatural? (i personally think of things as supernatural and natural, nothing is unnatural) Evolution is nature. Period. We are evolving as a species and one of the manifestations is circumventing what has been a limitation in the past. Cryonics and cloning are nature at work.

>Human beings have natural
>violent and
>selfish inclinations which we
>attempt to
>overcome through reason and
>civilization.
I'm confused. Are you stating that civilized society has made us less selfish and violent? If so, i disagree on both points. I think we might be more alienated from each other in civilized societies and that is what leads us to horrendous acts of free will i.e war, first degree murder, corporate slavery and sweatshops.