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Ethics

What are the consequences of radical life extension?

Should we attempt to live forever?

More questions than answers - but more information coming soon.

Ethics News

Victorian diseases resurge amid growing health inequality

Victorian diseases resurge amid growing health inequality

The Guardian - 03-Apr-2025

Doctors urge action as poverty-linked diseases like scabies and malnutrition rise in the UK

Wealth can’t buy longer life in the U.S., study finds

Wealth can’t buy longer life in the U.S., study finds

Brown University - 02-Apr-2025

Even the richest Americans live shorter lives, tied to inequality and lifestyle risks

Six decades of inequality: how income shapes life expectancy in Sweden

Six decades of inequality: how income shapes life expectancy in Sweden

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) - 31-Mar-2025

Study finds widening health gap tied more to lifestyle than income

Life expectancy divide: the stark north-south gap in the UK

Life expectancy divide: the stark north-south gap in the UK

Independent - 25-Mar-2025

Wealth and location are cutting years off lives in poorer areas

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Ethics Resources

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The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

A philosophical parable about death written by Nick Bostrom

The Case Against Death

Amazon

Book written by philosopher Ingemar Patrick Linden

New Methuselahs: The Ethics of Life-Extension

Amazon

John Davis offers a philosophical discussion of the ethical issues raised by the possibility of human life extension

Nothing to Fear

Amazon

Demystifying Death to Live More Fully, written by Julie McFadden

Grave Talk

Amazon

A bitter sweet comedy about dealing with loss, and what comes next, written by nick Spalding

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Ethics Blog Posts

Best Longevity Quotes of 2024
17-Dec-2024

Best Longevity Quotes of 2024

Top 5 quotes about life extension and its opposite… death

Suicide Club by Rachel Heng - Book Review
04-Jan-2019

Suicide Club by Rachel Heng - Book Review

In the book, the vision of biological immortality has become reality, but has not yet fully arrived

Inequality and Threat
19-Apr-2018

Inequality and Threat

A look at the risk of inequality between rich and poor being polarised to extreme

They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing
17-Nov-2016

They don’t want you to hear about the end of ageing

Many advertisers refused to take my money to promote the Live Forever Manual - raising awareness is an uphill battle!

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Topics covered in this page:
Death, Equality in Longevity, Ethics, Public Attitudes