Should We Live Forever?: The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging

by Gilbert Meilaender and Gilbert C. Meilaender

Book Overview

In Should We Live Forever? Christian ethicist Gilbert Meilaender puzzles over the implications of the medical advances that have lengthened the human life span, wrestling with what this quest for living longer means for our conception of living well and completely. As he points out in his introduction, "That we often desire, even greedily desire, longer life is clear; whether what we desire is truly desirable is harder to say."

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080286869X
• ISBN13: 9780802868695
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 135 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"