XXIV“I think what you are asking is more a question of philosophy than law.”
Felicity, before joining the commune, had practised law and had listened patiently and without making any judgement as Patrick and Bethan had told their story.
“So, the dead don’t have rights?” asked Patrick.
Felicity shifted in her seat and folded her hands in her lap, looking above them to the far side of the room as she searched her mind for answers.
“It’s not so much that the dead don’t have rights. In fact, they have many rights which take precedence over the preferences of the living: burial, organ donation, distribution of property, etcetera. Interest theorist, for example, would hold that the dead, not being able to make ‘real-time’ choices, are equivalent to those in say, a coma, and therefore are cap
