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 * Cryoethics: The study of the ethical implications surrounding cryogenics and cryonics. Focuses on the reasoning behind which one would want to preserve their body at below freezing temperatures due to life-threatening conditions that may be cured or prevented in the future.

Ethical Issues
Firstly, the premise behind Cryoethics is largely unheard of beyond the scientific community, where most people believe that it is science fiction, grotesque, or the author has spent an excess of time writing an “untrue” story. The general public continues to discount cryogenics despite the slim opportunity to cheat death. The procedure is highly costly and therefore the ethical issue arises where only a select few in the population can afford it. Furthermore, the people cite that it is against nature and/or God, changing what is seen as death. Since the person undergoing the procedure will no longer have relatives or friends upon their revival, it may be hard to incorporate him into the future society. Depending on the time that has gone by there are also environmental, economic and social implication of his/her preservation. This focuses on the emissions from maintaining subzero temperatures and how long one will wait before volunteering euthanasia of the preserved. If a significant time has passed, then he/she will emerge in a society no longer familiar technologically, aesthetically and socially with the individual. Lastly, science may never reach a point of advancement that enables revival, reanimation and cure of the condition, whether it be disease or aging.

Arguments for cryogenics encompass the medical benefits of saving an individual’s life, the social benefits of cheating death with potential immortality, and the personal benefits associated with deferring or preventing dying. By not capitalizing on the existing technologies, we are not taking advantage of the potential sustainment of life beyond what is naturally possible. Also, the revived subjects (cryonauts) may benefit society in ways previously unknown to society by being a direct link to the past in the form of a living time capsule and/or possessing particular skills necessary to advance a critical field to human prosperity.

Ultimately, cryonic suspension offers at worst a slim chance of living slightly longer and at best the slight possibility of immortality. Despite the prospect of eternal life, cryonics is favorable to the individual and society for the benefits that it could bring to ensuring a more sustainable future for the human race.