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The prospect of anti-aging or life extension technology is controversial in biogerentology but deemed even by skeptical experts to warrant discussion. I discuss the justifications that the probability of life extension technology being developed in the near future is reasonably high and that this research justifies the time and money it receives. I investigate potential ethical and societal issues anti-aging technology might create. This paper addresses inequality of access, economic cost, changes in quality of life, the role of death in human life, if and how the technology should be regulated and how parties who choose not to undergo treatment can be fairly treated, even when they are a minority.
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- Ethics of Life Extension Technology
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- Glesener, Julia Hannah (Author)
- McGregor, Joan (Thesis director)
- DeSerpa, Allan (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (Contributor)
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry (Contributor)
- School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies (Contributor)
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2015-05
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