嶺東科技大學 |

[NT 42591] Language: 簡体中文

[NT 5635] Back

[NT 59884] Switch To: [NT 5556] Labeled | [NT 5559] MARC Mode | [NT 33762] ISBD

Longevity and the good life

[NT 42944] Record Type:	[NT 8598] Electronic resources : [NT 40817] monographic
[NT 47261] Author:	FarrantAnthony.,
[NT 47356] Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
[NT 47351] Place of Publication:	Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY
[NT 47263] Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
[NT 47352] Year of Publication:	c2010
[NT 47264] Description:	1 online resource.
[NT 47266] Subject:	Longevity - Philosophy. -
[NT 47266] Subject:	Longevity - Moral and ethical aspects. -
[NT 51458] Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295100An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
[NT 47265] Notes:	Description based on print version record.
[NT 51398] Summary:	Along with advances in knowledge about why we age, the potential of biotechnologies for manipulating human biology means the prospects of living longer, healthier lives are greatly improving. Medical enhancements, which may include extending life spans, raise a number of anxieties, which fall within broader concerns about the relationship technology and our values. Drawing on the debate about medical enhancements, Longevity and the Good Life considers the value of longer life spans and disputes the idea that immortality would be desirable. It considers the means for achieving greater longevity and whether they would undermine the value of succeeding. Finally, it assesses the consequences for the fair distribution of resources, particularly healthcare, and argues that although desirable, the implications of longer life spans will challenge values, such as the idea that people are�essentially equal, which are fundamental to the good life.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9780230295100electronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	023029510Xelectronic bk.
[NT 50961] ISBN:	1282998668
[NT 50961] ISBN:	9781282998667
[NT 60779] Content Note:	Acknowledgements Introduction Longevity, Technology and Humanistic Values The Misfortune of Death Justifying the Means Longevity and the Problem of Overpopulation Ending Lives Partiality and Equality Longevity and the Good Life Notes Bibliography Index.

Longevity and the good life
Farrant, Anthony.

Longevity and the good life / Anthony Farrant. - Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010. - 1 online resource..
Acknowledgements.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references and index..
ISBN 9780230295100ISBN 023029510XISBN 1282998668ISBN 9781282998667
LongevityLongevity -- Philosophy. -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Longevity and the good life
LDR:02176clm 2200289 4500 001 280519
005 20130621114735.0
009 ocn696333510
010 1 $a 9780230295100 $b electronic bk.
010 1 $a 023029510X $b electronic bk.
010 1 $a 1282998668
010 1 $a 9781282998667
100 $a 20140528
101 0 $a eng
102 $a gb
135 $a v
200 1 $a Longevity and the good life $f Anthony Farrant.
204 1 $a electronic resource
210 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire New York, NY $d c2010 $c Palgrave Macmillan
215 1 $a 1 online resource.
300 $a Description based on print version record.
320 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
327 1 $a Acknowledgements $a Introduction $a Longevity, Technology and Humanistic Values $a The Misfortune of Death $a Justifying the Means $a Longevity and the Problem of Overpopulation $a Ending Lives $a Partiality and Equality $a Longevity and the Good Life $a Notes $a Bibliography $a Index.
330 $a Along with advances in knowledge about why we age, the potential of biotechnologies for manipulating human biology means the prospects of living longer, healthier lives are greatly improving. Medical enhancements, which may include extending life spans, raise a number of anxieties, which fall within broader concerns about the relationship technology and our values. Drawing on the debate about medical enhancements, Longevity and the Good Life considers the value of longer life spans and disputes the idea that immortality would be desirable. It considers the means for achieving greater longevity and whether they would undermine the value of succeeding. Finally, it assesses the consequences for the fair distribution of resources, particularly healthcare, and argues that although desirable, the implications of longer life spans will challenge values, such as the idea that people are�essentially equal, which are fundamental to the good life.
606 $a Longevity $x Philosophy. $3 304224
606 $a Longevity $x Moral and ethical aspects. $3 304225
676 $v 22 $a 305.26
680 $a RA776.75 $b .F35 2010
700 1 $a Farrant $b Anthony. $3 304223
712 0 2 $a Palgrave Connect (Online service) $3 302425
801 0 $a tw $b ltu
856 4 0 $3 Palgrave Connect $u http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230295100 $z An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information