Volume 17 (=334 pages) is in honor of Mary Midgley (1919-2018) and Iris Murdoch (1919-1999). Please note that a large majority of the chapter contributions mention neither Mary Midgley nor Iris Murdoch. The chapters (by professional philosophers and other scholars/professionals) are directed to issues related to death, life extension, and anti-death, broadly construed. Most of the contributions consist of scholarship unique to this volume. As was the case with all previous volumes in the Death And Anti-Death Series By Ria University Press, the anthology includes an Abstracts section that serves as an extended table of contents.
Volume 17 includes fourteen chapters, as follows: ——CHAPTER ONE: Euclid, Plato And Lonergan: Reflections On The Soul’s Fate And Human Mortality (by Giorgio Baruchello and Garrett Barden) Pages 27-68.——CHAPTER TWO: Death, Depression And A Passing Kestrel (by Stephen R. L. Clark) Pages 69-92.——CHAPTER THREE: Reversal Of Epigenetic Aging And Immunosenescent Trends In Humans (by Gregory M. Fahy et al.) Pages 93-118.——CHAPTER FOUR: Ideal City Revisited (by Vladimir Kalugin) Pages 119-130.——CHAPTER FIVE: Relating Mary Midgley’s Insights To Recent Social Psychological Theory And Research On Humans’ Relationships With Other Animals (by Uri Lifshin and Jeff Greenberg) Pages 131-162.——CHAPTER SIX: On The Timing Issue (by EnChih Lin and Jack Lee) Pages 163-174.——CHAPTER SEVEN: Mary Midgley And Iris Murdoch: The Owl And The Phoenix (by Margaret M. Marcum and James A. Marcum) Pages 175-192.——CHAPTER EIGHT: From Bad To Good: Victor Frankenstein And The Modern Quest For The Secrets Of Life (by R. Michael Perry) Pages 193-222.——CHAPTER NINE: Highlights Of The Cryonics Symposium International (July 27, 2019 - Hollywood, Florida) (by R. Michael Perry) Pages 223-244.——CHAPTER TEN: American Crises And World Crises At The Turning Point (by Charles Tandy) Pages 245-276.——CHAPTER ELEVEN: You Have Choices Everyday (by Neal VanDeRee) Pages 277-282.——CHAPTER TWELVE: Basic Income Guarantee, VAT, Guaranteed Jobs, And Capitalism (by Mark Walker) Pages 283-302.——CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Minimum Viable Human Population With Intelligent Interventions (by Roman V. Yampolskiy) Pages 303-308.——CHAPTER FOURTEEN: An AI May Establish A Religion (by Soenke Ziesche) Pages 309-334.
