Publication Date:
2023-02-06
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The formal interactions between the living and the dead predate human history. How corpses are treated relate to the cultural and religious societies in which they lived. Differences in burial can also depend on whether the deceased is a member of the society or a social outcast, an enemy, or a criminal. It can also be different according to the cause of death, e.g. mass graves in epidemics. Notably it can be due to the social status of the individual. Founding Fathers could have their corpses exposed and revered, e.g.
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Published
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26-30
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3TM. Comunicazione
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N/A or not JCR
Keywords:
ethics, popular audience
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
article
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