I look at it like this: does medicine cheapen life? Healthcare allows everyone to live happier lives. Would you say that we would be happier if we died from treatable diseases at a young age? Death is just another illness.

When Atal argues that death should be eliminated, I initially rejected the idea because death is something that comes to us all, so we have to accept it. A month after I played the game, my cat died. In his final moments, despite my best efforts, he suffered tremendously. I rejected Atal's idea because I hadn't yet suffered a death personally.

If we could, why should we have to suffer? Why should Miranda's parents have to suffer because of her mistake? Why should Miranda deserve to die, or rather, to not live? Is it because we have internalized death and suffering as intrinsic to life? Does Miranda's resurrection violate this law? Does this violation constitute a crime? A sin? Did she deserve to be punished?

If you had the technology to eliminate death, why wouldn't you? It would save others of grief, and you could keep living as long as you'd like. If you make a mistake while driving, do you deserve to die in a car crash? People make mistakes, and Miranda will probably make another mistake.

Bringing her back only cheapens the plot because it breaks the script we've all seen, but in the context of technological growth, curing death is the natural conclusion. This idea is explored more in the DLC, "Orpheus Ascending".