Is it Immoral to be Immortal? Dr Francesca Minerva discusses whether cryonics is raising the dead, what ethical concerns there would be with a head transplant and the cost involved.

Sam Harris speaks with Peter Singer, Francesca Minerva, and Jeff McMahan about the newly launched Journal of Controversial Ideas. They discuss the ethics of discussing dangerous ideas, the possibility of having a market in vaccines, the taboo around the topic of race and IQ, the relationship between activism and academ

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Find out more about Francesca, including her academic publications, here: https://www.francescaminerva.com/ For more on the Journal of Controversial Ideas, co-edited with Peter Singer: https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/ Her interview with Jay Shapiro can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScOeJnLiCb4

We often hear about racism, sexism, classism, and other familiar kinds of discrimination. But there is a bias which might dwarf them all, discrimination against unattractive people. Jay Shapiro speaks with philosopher, author, and researcher Francesca Minerva on the topic of "Lookism" and introduces John Rawls' famous

Cryonics―also known as cryopreservation or cryosuspension―is the preservation of legally dead individuals at ultra-low temperatures. Those who undergo this procedure hope that future technology will not only succeed in reviving them, but also cure them of the condition that led to their demise. In this sense, some hope