%0 Journal Article %A Ackerman, Felicia Nimue %D 2015 %I Begell House %K bioethicists, death, longevity, nature, technology %N 3-4 %P 163-171 %R 10.1615/EthicsBiologyEngMed.2016016442 %T Longer Living through Technology: In Favor of Life-Prolonging Biomedical Technology for Old People %U https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/6ed509641f7324e6,06c96e9e620340c9,71831f4c71d376c0.html %V 6 %X Many bioethicists oppose the use of biomedical technology to prolong the lives of old people. This paper criticizes their views and argues that a high priority of a humane society should be to promote research on life-prolonging technology and to make the fruits of this research available to everyone who wants it. %8 2016-08-18