Running from Death #10: Refuting Clendinen, Brooks, and Lawler on Death

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Mr. Stolyarov takes on some of the more "conservative" arguments against indefinite human life extension. He addresses three recent articles by Dudley Clendinen, David Brooks, and Peter Lawler that have unfortunately continued to popularize the pro-mortality mindset. Brooks and Lawler draw on the fallacious arguments of Daniel Callahan and Sherwin B. Nuland, whose recent New Republic article Mr. Stolyarov refuted in "Running from Death #9".

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References:

* "The Good Short Life" by Dudley Clendinen - http://www.nytimes.c...?pagewanted=all

* "Death and Budgets" by David Brooks - http://www.nytimes.c...n/15brooks.html

* "David Brooks on Our Unaffordable War Against Death" by Peter Lawler - http://bigthink.com/ideas/39333

* "Stephen Hawking" - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia....Stephen_hawking

* "Turritopsis nutricula" - Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia....opsis_nutricula

* "Running from Death #9: Against the Callahan-Nuland Anti-Life Proposal" by G. Stolyarov II -

* "Eliminating Death #4: The Overpopulation Argument" by G. Stolyarov II -

* "Commonly Misunderstood Concepts: Health Care" by G. Stolyarov II -

* "Socialized Healthcare: When Money Trumps Life" by G. Stolyarov II - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o2iwDg-Sho