The Ethics of Cryonics Is it Immoral to be Immortal? /

• Main Author: Minerva, Francesca (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Bioethics.; Physical anthropology.; Science and Technology Studies.; Biological and Physical Anthropology.

Cryonics-also known as cryopreservation or cryosuspension-is the preservation of legally dead individuals at ultra-low temperatures. Those who undergo this procedure hope that future technology will not only succeed in reviving them, but also cure them of the condition that led to their demise. In t...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Pausing Death
• 3. Resuming Life
• 4. The Death Conundrum
• 5. The Immortality Conundrum
• 6. Cryothanasia
• 7. Cryosuspension of Pregnancy.