Life-extension and the Malthusian Objection  

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Davis, John K.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 30 no. 1 (Feb. 2005), page 27-44.
Topik: Immortality; Life-Extension; Malthusian; Prolongevism; Prolongevity
Fulltext: MM80V30N1P27.pdf (102.22KB)

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.15 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Dramatically extending the human lifespan seems increasingly possible. Many bioethicists object that life-extension will have Malthusian consequences as new Methuselahs accumulate, generation by generation. I argue for a Life-Years Response to the Malthusian Objection. If even a minority of each generation chooses life-extension, denying it to them deprives them of many years of extra life, and their total extra life-years are likely to exceed the total life-years of a majority who do not want life-extension. This is a greater harm to those who want extended life than the Malthusian harms to those who refuse extended life, both because losing an extra year of life is worse than enduring a year of Malthusian conditions, and because the would-be Methuselahs have more life-years at stake. Therefore, even if life-extension seems likely to cause severe overcrowding and resource shortages, that threat is not sufficient to justify society in restricting the development or availability of life-extension.

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