What If We Don't Die? The Morality of Immortality
This book deals with the very real possibility of earthly immortality, and the human and societal implications of such immortality, including whether it is desirable. The book looks at what makes immortality appear so attractive, and at the possibili
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What If We Don’t Die? The Morality of Immortality
Springer Praxis Books Popular Science
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8158
Peter Hulsroj
What If We Don’t Die? The Morality of Immortality
Peter Hulsroj Vienna, Austria
Springer Praxis Books ISBN 978-3-319-19092-1 ISBN 978-3-319-19093-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-19093-8
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Foreword
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Hearing this every author must take heart. The only tool of the profession is primordial and divine. ‘In the beginning was the Word’ should be the tattoo on every author’s forearm. Of course, even if the word was the beginning, it does not mean that words are eternal. Nevertheless, in an ephemeral world surely many who like to write are comforted by the thought that what is written is something durable. A love letter may surface long after love has died. Yet, the lost emotion is glued to the words, be they simple or sophisticated. Every book has an aspiration, and the aspiration is carried by words. They may not be immortal, but they are instigators, comforters, unsettlers, dumb, wise, sweet, sour, dreamy or crass. The words are not immortal, but as they provoke emotion, reasoning and action, they lead to something immortal, because every emotion and every action that result will reverberate forever, dimmer and dimmer with time that is true, but still forever. Each word has its own butterfly effect! The book I have written seeks to hold the mirror of immortality to our value systems. By doing so rich colours come out,
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