Immortality.
Something that my mind has been grappling with recently is the issue of immortality. Medical technology is ever advancing and it is a real possibility that soon there will be "a last generation to die". But is it wrong for humanity to achieve immortality? If humans became immortal, then childbearing would have to be outlawed. The Earth can only support a certain amount of human beings at a given time. Each successive generation would add continual growth unless it was restricted. If we became immortal, are we denying future generations the right to live? Is immortality immoral as a result?
This is something I seek the answer to.
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