Philosophy Talk. The Lure of Immortality

Abstract/Contents

Abstract

Would you want to live forever? It's a tempting notion that has been explored and imagined for centuries. Immortality-05-be desirable, but it-05-also be that death is a significant part of what gives meaning to life. So what would a society of immortal individuals look like? What might some of the challenges or rewards of an immortal life be? How would living forever affect our relationships with one another, our life goals, or simply the way we perceive time? Would the impacts of immortality ultimately be beneficial or detrimental to us? John and Ken tempt fate with John Fischer from UC Riverside, author of Our Stories: Essays on Life, Death, and Free Will.

Description

Type of resource	sound recording-nonmusical
Form	podcasts
Extent	1 audio file
Place	KALW (Radio station : San Francisco, Calif.)California
Date created	December 7, 2014
Language	English
Digital origin	born digital
Track configuration	Stereo

Creators/Contributors

Speaker	Perry, John, 1943-
Speaker	Taylor, Kenneth Allen, 1954-2019
Producer	Ben Manilla Productions, Inc.

Subjects

Subject	Suffering
Subject	Immortality
Subject	Religion
Genre	Radio talk shows

Bibliographic information

philosophytalk.org show page	Title The Lure of Immortality
Finding Aid	Title Philosophy Talk (SC1118)
Show#	363.0
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dh911jk9044
Location	SC1118
Repository	Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Philosophy Talk, 2002-

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