1. The Ethics of Anti-Aging Medicine
By: Ronald F. White and Richard Haubner
College of Mount St. Joseph

2. Human Inquiry Inquiry Descriptive Inquiry Prescriptive Inquiry
Facts “IS”
Truth
Prescriptive Inquiry
Values “OUGHT”
Good

3. Prescriptive Ethical Theories
Teleological Theories
Consequences-ends justify the means
Hedonism-happiness or pleasure
Egoism-individual
Utilitarianism-community
Deontological Theories (Duty-Based)
Rules
Divine Command
Rights-Based Theories (Justice)
Natural Law Theories
Nature=Goodness
Virtue-Based Moral Theories
Virtue=Human Excellence

4. Teleology and Anti-Aging Medicine
Consequences
Pains and Pleasures (Costs/Benefits)
Egoistic Considerations
For YOU, what would be the costs and benefits of living to be 300 yrs old?
Positive Ratio or Negative Ratio?
Utilitarian Considerations
For the COMMUNITY, what would be the costs and benefits of living to be 300 yrs old?
For the United States or for the World?

5. Deontology and Anti-Aging Medicine
Is there a “Duty to Die” or a “Duty to Extend?”
Arguments Based on Divine Command
Judaism and Roman Catholicism
Protestantism and Islam
Arguments based on Human Rights
Liberty or Voluntariness- (Right to Refuse)
Justice in the distribution of anti-aging medicine
Discrimination

6. Natural Law and Anti-Aging Medicine
Would it be “Unnatural” to live to be 300 years old?
Would it be “Immoral” to live to be 300 years old?
Would 300 year life-spans mark the beginning of our “post-human future?”

7. Virtue and Vices of Anti-Aging Medicine
What are the “Virtues” associated with “Natural Life-Spans?”
What are the “Vices” associated with “Natural Life-Spans?”
What are the Virtues associated with “Extended Life-Spans?
What are the “Vices” associated with “Extended Life-Spans”

8. What do you think?