Is More Life Always Better?. David Gems.
by Gems, David; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 59Family. Publisher: Hastings Center Report, 2003ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Aging -- Genetic aspects | Aging -- Social aspects | Aging -- Prevention | Bioethics | Expectation (Psychology) | Gerontology | Identity (Psychology) in old age | Life cycle -- Human | Longevity | Pessimism | Quality of lifeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The social consequences of extending the human life span might be quite bad; perhaps the worst outcome is that power could be concentrated into ever fewer hands, as those who wield it gave way more slowly to death and disease. But the worry that more life would damage individuals' quality of life is not persuasive. Depending on what the science of aging makes possible, and on how people plan their lives, longer life might even facilitate a richer and deeper life." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) The author discusses the "rapidly advancing discipline" of the biology of aging and examines the ethical considerations of this research.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004.
Originally Published: Is More Life Always Better?, July/Aug. 2003; pp. 31-39.
"The social consequences of extending the human life span might be quite bad; perhaps the worst outcome is that power could be concentrated into ever fewer hands, as those who wield it gave way more slowly to death and disease. But the worry that more life would damage individuals' quality of life is not persuasive. Depending on what the science of aging makes possible, and on how people plan their lives, longer life might even facilitate a richer and deeper life." (HASTINGS CENTER REPORT) The author discusses the "rapidly advancing discipline" of the biology of aging and examines the ethical considerations of this research.
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