Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
Should humans strive for immortality?
Position‹2 of 2

No, humans should not strive for immortality

This position holds that humanity should not pursue immortality. On this view a life without an ending would lose the shape mortality gives it, and the attempt would impose costs of inequality and stagnation that outweigh the gain.

Supporting arguments · 2

  1. A life without an ending would lose the shape that makes it matter
  2. Lives that never end would freeze the world in place