From an ethical point of view, two scenarios offer themselves in connection with the future of death. One relates to a situation in which the average human lifespan grows ever longer, but without major solutiomns to ageing and its many attendant diseases and disabitilies. the other relates to the simultaneous conquering both death and the current downsides of ageing, so that people live healthy well-functioning lives for 150 to 200 years or even beyond.
In the first case there will have to be debate about the moral legitimacy and manner of elective death-both suicide and euthanasia-and medical provision for them. In the latter case there will have to be question about restricting conception, pregnancy and birth, to avoid a global population catastrophe.
Either way humanity will face much together moral dilemmas than already vex us about almost everything related to birth and death.
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