Suppose it is possible to significantly expand our lifestyle: what are the ethical problems we will face? This question has generated a lot of debate in the past years with fierce proponents and fierce opponents of the extension of life. Different arguments will be discussed on both an individual and a societal level: e.g. justice and fairness – should every one have access to life prolonging treatments, is there a fair minimum of years to live; how would we deal with views on the good life, will we be bored, will we have different personal careers and how will we look, what rejuvenating enhancements of our appearance would we want.
Prof. Inez de Beaufort is Professor of Health Care Ethics at Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam the Netherlands. She has published on beauty and ethics, end of life decisions, personal responsibility for health, obesity, and other themes. She is a member of the European Group of Ethics in Science and New Technologies, an honorary member of the Dutch Health Council, a Member of an Euthanasia Review Committee, member of the Advisory Committee on the Health Care Insurance Package and different other advisory boards.
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