In this episode, we discuss the attraction and hope of immortality: a life without death and possibly a life without aging and the suffering that accompanies aging. For the sake of this conversation, we assume that eventually medical technology will make immortality an option for people. So we ask and answer Leon Kass' question: why not immortality? The costs of immorality (the Justice Cost, Personal Cost, and Intergenerational Cost) are such that an immortal life is no longer a truly human life. Ultimately, we conclude that immortality is not compatible with a truly human life, would instead rob us of our humanity, and would not fulfill our deepest human desires. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vernacular/support
E124 Holiday Food News w/Margaret Perry
The Popped Cast: Christmas Music Merry Madness
E123 Making Room for Christ(mas)
E122 Fighting Cancer, "Improved" Gene Editing, and More Bioethics News
E121 Food News (October) w/ Elena
E120 Does "Ad Astra" fulfill its ambitions? w/Lara & Chandler Ryd and Josh Goldman
E119 Fall Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations!
E118 Food News w/Zac and Sally
E117 Philosophy and NBC's "The Good Place" w/Alexi Sargeant
E116 Dad Pod: Talking Fatherhood w/Nate Seibt
E115 Messy Motherhood w/ Maureen Goldman and Caitlin Brian
E114 Resisting Throwaway Culture w/Dr. Charlie Camosy
*Bonus Episode* "Creedal Catholic" with Meg Hunter-Kilmer
E113 Our Accidental Experiment in Minimalism
E112 Summer Read/Watch/Listen Recommendations!
E111 Upping Your Coffee Game w/Nathan Seibt
E110 Book Club: J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike series w/Theresa Breslin
E109 How We Learned to Distrust Social Media
BONUS: Introducing Breaking Pod
E108 how to be more human in a throwaway culture w/ Haley Stewart
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