A Vaccine for the Pandemic of Aging? Conceptual and Ethical Issues

C.S. Wareham; P. Garcia-Barranquero

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-7443-4_15

A Vaccine for the Pandemic of Aging? Conceptual and Ethical Issues

C.S. Wareham^*, P. Garcia-Barranquero

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Emerging Anti-Aging Strategies
Chapter	15
Pages	269-285
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7443-4_15
Publication status	Published - 31 Jan 2023

Keywords

Ageing
Anti-ageing
Vaccine
Covid
Life extension
Ethics

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