You could probably make an argument to not thaw people who are still considered bad by the people doing the thawing.
There are two ways such an argument could go. One is that not-thawing is punishment. He was a bad guy and wasn’t punished enough during his lifetime, so now we will punish him more by not thawing him. That argument, as you imagine, has some problems.
The other way is to say that this guy is a danger (or, more generally, a net negative) to the current society. But there are problems here, too. Let’s take everyone’s favourite—Hitler. Is he really a danger to the society, say, a couple hundred years from now? Or maybe, given the lack of very unhappy Germany, he’ll settle down in some pastoral village, make speeches to the walls of his cottage and work on improving his art?
There are two ways such an argument could go. One is that not-thawing is punishment. He was a bad guy and wasn’t punished enough during his lifetime, so now we will punish him more by not thawing him. That argument, as you imagine, has some problems.
I can think of two situations where you might want to do this:
The punishment consisted of execution.
The punishment given during his lifetime was one which lasts a certain period of time and he died before that period of time was over.
There are two ways such an argument could go. One is that not-thawing is punishment. He was a bad guy and wasn’t punished enough during his lifetime, so now we will punish him more by not thawing him. That argument, as you imagine, has some problems.
The other way is to say that this guy is a danger (or, more generally, a net negative) to the current society. But there are problems here, too. Let’s take everyone’s favourite—Hitler. Is he really a danger to the society, say, a couple hundred years from now? Or maybe, given the lack of very unhappy Germany, he’ll settle down in some pastoral village, make speeches to the walls of his cottage and work on improving his art?
The question isn’t as easy as it looks.
I can think of two situations where you might want to do this:
The punishment consisted of execution.
The punishment given during his lifetime was one which lasts a certain period of time and he died before that period of time was over.
Followed by cryopreservation?? 8-0