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Agency, Life Extension, and the Meaning of Life
Monist, 2010Contemporary philosophers and bioethicists argue that life extension is bad for the individual. According to the agency objection to life extension, being constrained as an agent adds to the meaningfulness of human life. Life extension removes constraints, and thus it deprives life of meaning. In the paper, I concede that constrained agency contributes
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Meaning of Life and Meaning of Care
2000Judaism is a religious system, and thus approaches questions about the meaning of life for people with mental retardation from a religious perspective. Even in the oldest sources (Mishna, Oral Studies, 200 CE; Talmud, about 500 CE), people with mental retardation were relieved from all accountability in a civil judicial sense, and, in a religious sense,
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International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2002
Cet article s'attaque a l'un des problemes majeurs de la philosophie : le sens de la vie. Deplorant le scepticisme philosophique engendre par l'esprit scientifique qui met la culture en danger, l'A. prone un humanisme qui remet la question de la valeur et du sens au centre de l'interrogation philosophique.
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Cet article s'attaque a l'un des problemes majeurs de la philosophie : le sens de la vie. Deplorant le scepticisme philosophique engendre par l'esprit scientifique qui met la culture en danger, l'A. prone un humanisme qui remet la question de la valeur et du sens au centre de l'interrogation philosophique.
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The Aeronautical Journal, 2000
Abstract'Life extension’ is the theme of this paper. However, unless there is a clear understanding of what ‘life’ means it is not readily obvious as to the appropriate means to adopt for its ‘extension'. This paper will explore some of the background to the meaning of life and the means being adopted to extend it for fixed wing civil transport ...
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Abstract'Life extension’ is the theme of this paper. However, unless there is a clear understanding of what ‘life’ means it is not readily obvious as to the appropriate means to adopt for its ‘extension'. This paper will explore some of the background to the meaning of life and the means being adopted to extend it for fixed wing civil transport ...
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