New Methuselahs by John K Davis
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 Methuselahs, John Davis offers a philosophical discussion of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension. Why consider these issues now, before human life extension is a reality? Davis points out that, even today, we are making policy and funding decisions about human life extension research that have ethical implications. With New Methuselahs, he provides a comprehensive guide to these issues, offering policy recommendations and a qualified defense of life extension.
After an overview of the ethics and science of life extension, Davis considers such issues as the desirability of extended life; whether refusing extended life is a form of suicide; the Malthusian threat of overpopulation; equal access to life extension; and life extension and the right against harm. In the end, Davis sides neither with those who argue that there are no moral objections to life enhancement nor with those who argue that the moral objections are so strong that we should never develop it. Davis argues that life extension is, on balance, a good thing and that we should fund life extension research aggressively, and he proposes a feasible and just policy for preventing an overpopulation crisis.
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The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate
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Ethics in Everyday Places
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Re-Reasoning Ethics
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Good Ethics and Bad Choices
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Bioethics and Armed Conflict
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Neuroethics
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Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care
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Applied Ethics in Mental Health Care
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Ethics of the Body
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Genetics and Life Insurance
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In the Wake of Terror
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Ebola's Message
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Vaccination Ethics and Policy
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Choosing Down Syndrome
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Dying in the Twenty-First Century
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Truly Human Enhancement
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Pricing Life
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Healing Psychiatry
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Current Controversies in the Biological Sciences
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Progress in Bioethics
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Bioethics
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Why Have Children?
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Rationing Is Not a Four-Letter Word
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What Genes Can't Do
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Pragmatic Neuroethics
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Self-Trust and Reproductive Autonomy
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In Search of the Good
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Intervention in the Brain
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Case Studies in Biomedical Research Ethics
Davis, John K.: - John K. Davis is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Fullerton.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780262551564 |
| ISBN 10 | 026255156X |
| Title | New Methuselahs |
| Author | John K Davis |
| Series | Basic Bioethics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | MIT Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2024-03-19 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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