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Is necrophilia immoral?

EDIT: Well this thread has attracted enough attention now that I feel like I should have done a better introduction post, so here it is.

after looking through many posts I can see there are several objections to which people usually draw upon. Therefore it's my plan to tackle these objections now so that future first time posters can be more or less caught up with the general argument.

My position:

Necrophilia is not inherently immoral. I don't agree that consent is necessary because consent is something that can only benefit the living, since the subject in question is merely a piece of meat and not a person, I would suggest that consent is the wrong way to look at it. Secondly I don't think an argument from 'respect of the dead' holds much water either. Quite simply, 'disrespect' and 'immoral' are not interchangable terms. I could call Queen Elizabeth II 'Lizzy' upon greeting her which in most circles could be seen as disrespectful but that does not make it immoral. Other people try to argue from emotional responses by saying things such as "How would you feel if your mother was siezed by a necrophiliac?" to which I say I would be horrified. This is because I too am a child born of this era which directly followed by one in which religious morality was the dominant force within the world. Morality has a way of slinking its way into our lives without us really knowing it especcialy when the roots of this morality stem back much further back than even our grandparents time. If someone feels as though they've been wronged about knowing a loved one was a 'victim' of a necrophiliac then all that serves to show is that people are against it or that there is a general consenus against it, but that in no way justifies the belief that it is immoral.

Consider this scenario:

A man or woman is dead, 100% no question about it. They have no family, friends or even anyone who is aware of their existence. A necrophiliac has sex with their freshly dead corpse. I would say that this scenario proves that necrophilia is not inherently immoral because nothing bad comes from the necrophiliac having his way with the corpse.

Feel free to tackle my responses to the usual responses. I look forward to it.

(edited 13 years ago)

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Reply 1

Leon Trotsky

It's fine, as long as you're so good that you reanimate them.

Reply 2

ArcadiaHouse

OP why did you **** a dead person? :facepalm2:

Reply 3

emeleh

But why would you want to? :confused:

Reply 4

milkytea

Consent? There is nothing to consent about, it's dead body ffs.

From a utilitarian point of view, it seems unlikely to be classed as immoral. The only exception I can think of is if friends/family of the victim find out and it emotionally traumatizes them.

That doesn't mean it isn't a vile act that should be condemned because frankly it is disturbing.. but immoral? I think not.

Reply 5

Aj12

Why are you asking this> Trying to justify something?

Reply 6

alharrison4

Would you be comfortable knowing that when you were dead someone would gain sexual satisfaction from using your body as a sex object? It's disrespectful to that person in so many ways and just horrible.