New Methuselahs
The Ethics of Life Extension
$70.86
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
19 March 2024
Summary
An examination of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension, including its desirability, unequal access, and the threat of overpopulation.
Life extension—slowing or halting human aging—is now being taken seriously by many scientists. Although no techniques to slow human aging yet exist, researchers have successfully slowed aging in yeast, mice, and fruit flies, and have determined that humans share aging-related genes with these species. In New Methusela…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262551564 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026255156X |
| Author: | John K. Davis |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 19 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Basic Bioethics |
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Critics Review
“John K. Davis advances a bold claim about human life extension.”–Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews“Highly accessible, informative, and well-balanced. Indeed, the entire book is written in such a conversational and entertaining way that at first you might think it was aimed at a general audience.”–Hastings Center Report
“New Methuselahs provides a great investigation into the ethics of life extension. It provides bold, thought‐provoking policy suggestions, which will no doubt stimulate future work on the topic. Anyone with an interest in life extension and ethics should read it.” –Bioethics “Whether or not adding a century or two to the human life span ought to be a priority is an ethical problem – not that it will be answered as one. The potential rewards of throwing money at the first really promising development makes superlongevity a tech bubble bound to happen.”–Chronicle of Higher Education
About The Author
John K. Davis
John K. Davis is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fullerton.
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