Ethics
What are the consequences of radical life extension?
Should we attempt to live forever?
More questions than answers - but more information coming soon.
Resources
Nuffield Council on Bioethics
- Independent body that examines and reports on ethical issues in biology and medicine
Altered Inheritance: CRISPR and the Ethics of Human Genome Editing
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Ethics Blog Posts
They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing
17-Nov-2016
Living Forever - an absolutely abhorrent aberration?
22-Apr-2015
Recent News
Ethics report shows equal respect helps prepare for health emergencies
Nuffield Council on Bioethics - 24-Feb-2020
As is often the case, it's politicians who need to act before the spotlight is on them
Read more...Using dead people for artificial organ studies
Yale Daily News - 14-Oct-2019
Bioethicists developed guidelines for dead candidates selection, communication with their families
Read more...Arguments for immortalism have to deal with atheists and religious alike
US Transhumanist Party - 23-May-2019
Transhumanism does not require humans to be a specially chosen consciousness
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