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Controlling Death: Assisted Dying, Radical Life Extension, and the Meaning of (Im)Mortality
As debate continues around issues of assisted dying, another set of (often separate) discussions has focused on the possibilities and desirability of radical life extension in various forms – from epigenetic interventions to digital doppelgängers. Join us for a panel-style discussion that will take up these two topics together, with a focus on questions of human identity, suffering, aging, and the meaning of mortality in our lives.
Date:
1 December 2025, 17:30
Venue:
St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Speakers:
William B. Hurlbut (Stanford University, USA),
Ann-Marie Shorrocks (University of Oxford),
Cristina Voinea (University of Oxford),
Dominic Wilkinson (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)
Organiser:
Andrew Moeller
Organiser contact email address:
andrew.moeller@history.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Booking url:
https://torch.ox.ac.uk/event/controlling-death-a-discussion-on-assisted-dying-radical-life-extension-and-the-meaning-of-mor
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Krisztina Lugosi
