Gilbert Meilaender

Should We Live Forever? (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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, "e;That we often desire, even greedily desire, longer life is clear; whether what we desire is truly desirable is harder to say."e;The six chapters of this book take multiple perspectives on issues surrounding aging and invite readers to consider whether "e;indefinitely more life"e; is something worth pursuing and, if humans are created for life with God, whether longer life will truly satisfy our underlying hunger.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Eerdmans
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781467437547
• Artikelnr.: 39912762

Autorenporträt

Gilbert Meilaender taught at the University of Virginia, at Oberlin College, and at Valparaiso University, where he is now Senior Research Professor. The author of many books and articles in theological ethics and bioethics, he served from 2002 to 2009 on The President's Council on Bioethics.