Who Wants to Live Forever?: Transhumanist Immortality and Christian Eternity
Transhumanists aim at immortality, or at least radical longevity, using various forms of cyber/biotechnology. The metaphysical possibility of each proposed means depends on which ontology of the human person one accepts as valid. Ethically, we must ask whether radical longevity or technologically-me...
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2025
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Christian bioethics
Year: 2025, Volume: 31, Issue: 2, Pages: 82-91 |
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