- Proof: At first, dead people will be resurrected just to prove that it can be done.
- Research: The dead person was a witness to / participant in a historically significant event about which historians want to learn more. Or is a semi-random choice for learning about life at a particular time and place.
- Fame: The dead person is a historically significant figure and people want to meet them / profit from them.
- Connection to a living person: The dead person is identified as a direct ancestor of someone alive and they are curious to meet them, or they feel a responsibility to bring them back.
- Connection to the resurrected: Resurrected people will want to bring back their family and friends, and may push those in control to make this happen.
- Ethics: Some people and cultures may come to think they have a moral obligation to resurrect as many people as possible.
- Just because: Someone with the means to thought it would be cool to bring a random person back and see their reaction.