The Case against Death
$125.91
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
22 February 2022
Summary
A philosopher refutes our culturally embedded acceptance of death, arguing instead for the desirability of anti-aging science and radical life extension.
Ingemar Patrick Linden’s central claim is that death is evil. In this first comprehensive refutation of the most common arguments in favor of human mortality, he writes passionately in favor of antiaging science and radical life extension. We may be on the cusp of a new human condition where scientists seek to break through the arbit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262543163 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262543168 |
| Author: | Ingemar Patrick Linden |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 22 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
| Series: | Basic Bioethics |
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“Very clearly written and completely accessible to any college‐level reader, including those with no background in philosophy. The text is free of needless technicality and full of concrete examples. Readers will have no difficulty seeing the relevance of these issues for their own lives.”
—Bioethics
About The Author
Ingemar Patrick Linden
Ingemar Patrick Linden taught philosophy at NYU for nearly a decade. He is researching public attitudes to radical life extension.
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