Radical life extension: an ethical analysis
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 9
1 INTRODUCTION 11
1.1 THE SUBJECT OF THIS BOOK 11
1.2 CONCEPTS AND SCENARIOS 15
1.3 STATE OF ETHICAL RESEARCH 21
1.4 STRATEGY OF THIS BOOK 23
1.5 THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS BOOK 26
1.6 WELFARISM 27
1.6.1 HEDONISM 28
1.6.2 DESIRE SATISFACTIONISM 35
1.6.3 OBJECTIVE LIST THEORY 42
1.6.4 WHAT IS WELFARE? - A HYBRID THEORY 46
1.6.5 THE NORMATIVE COMPONENT OF WELFARISM 50
CONSEQUENTIALISM 51
SATISFICING AND MAXIMIZING 52
SUBJECTIVITY AND OBJECTIVITY 54
1.6.6 CONCLUSION 56
1.7 THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BOOK 56
2 AGING AS A BIOLOGICAL
PHENOMENON 59
2.1 WHY DO WE AGE? 59
2.1.1 EARLY THEORIES: WEISMANN AND BIDDER 59
2.1.2 THE CLASSIC THEORIES 61
MUTATION ACCUMULATION AND EXTRINSIC MORTALITY 61
ANTAGONISTIC PLEIOTROPY 62
THE DISPOSABLE SOMA THEORY 63
ARGUMENTS FOR THE CLASSIC THEORIES 64
ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE CLASSIC THEORIES 65
ALTERNATIVE THEORIES 67
2.2 HOW DO WE AGE? 68
2.2.1 THE ROLE OF TELOMERES 69
2.2.2 FREE RADICALS, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND MITOCHONDRIA 70
2.2.3 APOPTOSIS 71
2.2.4 WASTE PRODUCTS 72
2.3 BIOTECHNOLOGY AND RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION 73
2.3.1 THE POSSIBILITY OF RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION 73
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2.3.2 CALORIC RESTRICTION 77
2.3.3 TELOMERASE 78
2.3.4 NANOTECHNOLOGY 79
2.3.5 STRATEGIES FOR ENGINEERED NEGLIGIBLE SENESCENCE (SENS) . . 80
2.4 SUMMARY 82
3 THE INDIVIDUAL'S PERSPECTIVE 83
3.1 SHOULD A HEDONIST RADICALLY EXTEND HIS LIFE? 83
3.1.1 THE HEDONIST'S CLOTHES 84
3.1.2 THE CASE OF THE AMOUNT HEDONIST 86
3.1.3 THE CASE OF THE DURATION HEDONIST 91
3.1.4 THE CASE OF THE QUALITY HEDONIST 94
3.1.5 CONCLUSION 96
3.2 IS A RADICALLY EXTENDED LIFE DESIRABLE? 97
3.2.1 WHY THE DESIRE FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION MIGHT BE
IRRATIONAL 98
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH 98
TERMINAL BOREDOM 102
LESS COMMITMENT 106
DESIRING TO PROCREATE 110
DIFFERENT PERSONS 116
3.2.2 WHY THE DESIRE FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION IS RATIONAL . 125
THE EXTRINSIC DESIRE FOR RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION 125
LIFE EXTENSION AND BENEVOLENCE 139
3.2.3 CONCLUSION 146
3.3 RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION AND OBJECTIVE GOODS 147
3.3.1 HEALTH, KNOWLEGDE, AND SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS 148
3.3.2 MATERIAL WEALTH 149
3.3.3 AUTONOMY 152
3.3.4 AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE 156
3.3.5 HARMONY AND PROPORTION 159
3.3.6 CONCLUSION 163
3.4 THE FIRST BIG PICTURE 164
4 RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION
AND SOCIETY 169
4.1 LIFE EXTENSION AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 170
4.1.1 THE THREAT OF OVERPOPULATION 170
THE ARGUMENT FROM OVERPOPULATION AND ITS CRITICS -
AN OVERVIEW 171
BASICS OF POPULATION DYNAMICS 176
IS THE ARGUMENT FROM OVERPOPULATION SOUND? 180
CONCLUSION 201
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4.1.2 THE DISTORTION OF SOCIETY 203
THE GENERAL FORM 203
A BLOCKAGE BY THE ELDERLY 206
A LACK OF INNOVATION 213
THE AGING OF SOCIETY 218
CONCLUSION 228
4.2 THE PROBLEM OF INJUSTICE 228
4.2.1 VERSIONS OF THE ARGUMENT FROM INJUSTICE 229
4.2.2 WHAT IS (IN-)JUSTICE? 232
4.2.3 THE ARGUMENT FROM INJUSTICE RECONSTRUCTED 234
4.2.4 UNJUST DISTRIBUTION? 236
4.2.5 CONCLUSION 242
4.3 THE SECOND BIG PICTURE 243
5 NON-WELFARIST ARGUMENTS 247
5.1 HUMAN NATURE AND HUMAN DIGNITY 247
5.1.1 THE ARGUMENTS RECONSTRUCTED 248
THE ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN NATURE 253
THE ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN DIGNITY 264
THE INVERSE ARGUMENT FROM HUMAN NATURE 269
5.2 AGING AND THE MEANING OF LIFE 274
5.2.1 WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE? 275
5.2.2 CONTRIBUTING TO MEANINGFULNESS 277
5.2.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGING AND THE MEANING OF
LIFE 281
5.3 RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION AND THE RIGHT TO LIFE 284
5.3.1 THE POSITIVE VERSION 285
5.3.2 THE NEGATIVE VERSION 289
5.3.3 CONCLUSION 290
5.4 IS AGING A DISEASE? 290
5.4.1 THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MEDICAL STATUS OF AGING 291
5.4.2 WHAT IS A DISEASE? 293
5.4.3 IS AGING A DISEASE? 301
5.4.4 WHAT IF? 303
5.4.5 CONCLUSION 306
5.5 THE THIRD BIG PICTURE 306
6
RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
309
6.1 RESULTS 310
6.2 RECOMMENDATIONS 314
6.2.1 NON-PREVENTION OF APPLICATION 315
6.2.2 NON-PREVENTION OF RESEARCH 317
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6.2.3 LONGEVITY DIVIDEND 319
6.2.4 BENEFIT-ADJUSTED FUNDING 322
6.2.5 RAISING CONSCIOUSNESS 323
6.3 LIMITED KNOWLEDGE, OPTIMISM, AND PRECAUTION 325
BIBLIOGRAPHY 331
PERSON INDEX 343
SUBJECT INDEX 345 |
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