system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
What is the philosophical basis for respect of human corpses? Or is it just cultural?

Is there anything philosophically/ethically wrong with desecrating a human body?  It feels intuitive that there is, but I am having trouble identifying if the basis and have been unsuccessful in finding one.
gpt
Consequentialist argument: People will be upset by your treatment of the body in unaccepted ways. So, if your treatment doesn't outweigh that in good, it shouldn't be done. And yes, this is based on only certain cultures. If the cultures changed, the judgment would too.

Virtue argument: The way we treat inanimate objects might cultivate habits or traits in us that affect how we treat people or other things. If what we're doing to the corpse creates bad habits or sullies the trajectory of our life, we shouldn't do it. Relatedly, if it affects our social standing negatively, we shouldn't do it without good reasons to counter it.

It's gonna depend on what we're talking about. Cremation? Necrophilia? Plasticizing and creating an artwork from it? Mandatory organ donation? Eating it to survive? For recreation?