Human life without death would be something other than human; consciousness of mortality gives rise to out deepest longings and greatest accomplishments.

There's an ancient tension between wanting to savor the world as it is and wanting to improve on the world as given.

The so-called right to reproduce is not an unlimited right.

Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument.

It's very hard to make arguments about the effects of cloning on family relations if family relations are in tatters.

If you have easy self-contentment, you might have a very, very cheap source of happiness.

The neuroscience area - which is absolutely in its infancy - is much more important than genetics.