ESDiT Publications

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title = {A Vaccine for the Pandemic of Aging? Conceptual and Ethical Issues},

author = {Christopher Wareham and Pablo Garcia-Barranquero },

editor = {Syed Ibrahim Rizvi},

url = {https://www.esdit.nl/a-vaccine-for-the-pandemic-of-aging/},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7443-4_15},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-01-31},

urldate = {2023-01-31},

publisher = {Springer},

abstract = {In this chapter, we develop and extend the above analogy by means of a thought experiment in which a vaccine for the pandemic of aging is developed. We ask first, whether the concept of a vaccine for the pandemic of aging is conceptually coherent, and second whether such a vaccine (or similar aging preventive) is ethically desirable. This chapter makes the case that, while there are some clear disanalogies between aging and typical pandemics like the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some striking similarities that advocate for similar degrees of urgency. Moreover, the comparison throws important light on some of the flawed objections to healthy life-extending technologies.},

keywords = {Ageing, Anti-ageing, Covid, Ethic, Life extension, Vaccine},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {inbook}

}