About a month ago I watch a movie called In Time staring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried. I really enjoyed the movie, mostly because of the philosophical question raised about the worth of human life and who or what has the authority to determine that worth. In the movie, death has been done away with through genetic engineering. Every human being stops aging at 25. It is at 25 that their clock starts ticking. They are given one year to live. Time is their currency. If they work they get paid with time. If they buy groceries they pay with time. The rich live forever. Those in the ghetto live from day to day hoping to find some way to get more time. One wonders if engineering out death was actually a beneficial accomplishment.
James Anderson over at Analogical Thoughts has a good article discussing the latest topic in Philosophy Now which deals with death and the idea that halting or reversing death "may well be within the grasp of this generation." The exchanged is between two naturalist philosphers trying to answer the question whether overcoming death is a good or bad thing. Does Christianity have and answer? You can read the article HERE.
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