The challenges in human life extension between enhancement and agony

Singbo, Odilon Gbènoukpo; Gložinić, Terezija; ?artolovni, Anto

Abstract

© 2020 Strossmayer University of Osijek, Catholic Faculty of Theology in Djakovo. All rights reserved. The main aim of this paper is to present two different forms of human life extension. On the one hand there is dysthanasia, i.e. therapeutic persistence in the provision of life-sustaining measures to terminally ill patients, and on the other hand, transhumanism as a philosophical viewpoint which in its core strives towards unlimited extension of human life with the fundamental desire to eliminate disease, ageing and death. By putting them in correlation with the healthcare practice, the paper points to implications in clinical practice and draws attention to ethical and anthropological issues in connection with life extension.

Citation

Singbo, O. G., Gložinić, T., & Čartolovni, A. (2020). The challenges in human life extension between enhancement and agony. Diacovensia, 28(3), 341-360. https://doi.org/10.31823/D.28.3.3

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 8, 2020
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jan 10, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 11, 2021
• Journal: Diacovensia
• Print ISSN: 1330-2655
• Electronic ISSN: 1849-014X
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 341-360
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.31823/D.28.3.3
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3650230
• Publisher URL: https://hrcak.srce.hr/243703?lang=en