Hope and human longevity, an actual challenging topic

Revue Roumaine de Philosophie 2 (65):337-346 (2021)
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Abstract

This paper represents an attempt to correlate the concept of hope with the notion of human longevity and reflects the actual debates around the problem of life extension. Our analysis combines ideas from philosophy, sociology, bioethics, and religion to illustrate the problem of longevity in the context of biomedical and technological progress, and - at the same time - to show the (possible) consequences of prolonging life over the human body limits. Extending human life through emerging technologies is much closer to us than we might think and is a particularly challenging topic.

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