It we talk about ethical issues which can’t be ignored. Some philosophers argue that research with the explicit aim of extending the human lifespan is both undesirable and unacceptable. They present three serious objections relating to justice, the community and the meaning of life.
There are a big variety in researches dealing with prolonging human lifespan. We should distinguish between research that is first and foremost aimed at prolonging life by slowing or even arresting ageing processes and research that is directed at combating the diseases that seem to be closely connected with biological ageing.
We agree that being alive is intrinsically valuable.
Let’s discuss these three arguments against extending the human lifespan.
The first one is justice. The most obvious moral problem is the already existing “unequal death”. The question is : how can we justify trying to extend the lives of those who have more already?
The basic idea of karma seems to pop up a lot of points. In recent years there has been an increasing interest to the topic. Some people refer the concept of karma to religious philosophy while others strongly think that the key points of karma are human fate and individual characteristics of any person. There are a good plenty of books which are mostly centered around the concept of karma. It’s pretty hard either to join the majority of people who don’t believe in any cosmic power or to accept the fact of its existence.
Personally I don’t believe in reincarnation, although the idea is fascinating, but I believe in karma. There’s some kind of true in it, I think. I believe in the idea that if you are a positive person who is able to help others of course you will get the same in return. If you affect someone’s life in a positive way then you build a relationship and out of that can come more positivity and opportunities.
However bad things do happen to good people and good things do happen to bad people as well. But what seems initially to be “bad” or “good” might be deceptive . I do believe that over time we reap what we sow. But I also support the opinion dealing with the statement that lives we live are rewarded in any number of ways. Call it karma or call it ultimate justice.
Taken together all the points I mentioned I dare say that no one can give a right definition of karma. But thousands of great brains had been researching the topic so we get a big variety of opinions. My own view can be expressed by the proverbs I gave in introduction. What goes around comes around. Goodness is our reward...
