RE: The Morality of Necromancy
May 20, 2012 at 11:33 am
(This post was last modified: May 20, 2012 at 11:39 am by Darth.)
It's never portrayed as a friendly relationship between the recently resurrected and the necromancer. Option a) it's a shambling, brainless husk/skeleton as intelligent as a rock, option b) The zombie/skeleton/ghoul/ghost has some-to-all of intelligence left and is forced to carry out orders for their master against its will, and is often in constant pain.
Also, it's the deceased's body, they almost always have no say. If the resurrected are volunteers then not much of a problem (though volunteers for the procedure are never portrayed as both sane and moral).
Also, it's fantasy, there is often an afterlife of sorts. If you're bringing things back rather than just animating dead tissue then a) you're bringing back someone who really shouldn't be brought back because their currently being tortured b) or you're bringing someone back from a paradise (or stopping them from ever arriving) and causing them anguish.
Also, it's the deceased's body, they almost always have no say. If the resurrected are volunteers then not much of a problem (though volunteers for the procedure are never portrayed as both sane and moral).
Also, it's fantasy, there is often an afterlife of sorts. If you're bringing things back rather than just animating dead tissue then a) you're bringing back someone who really shouldn't be brought back because their currently being tortured b) or you're bringing someone back from a paradise (or stopping them from ever arriving) and causing them anguish.
