Longer Life Through Biotechnology

The Editors of the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB)comment on Leon Kass' comments on the propect of biotechnology artificially increasing the human life span:

Time again for the biannual screed by Leon Kass that anything humans do to lengthen their lives is at best a Faustian bargian; soon we'll let our pursuit of long life make us Dorian Gray. Doubtless you've read one of these pieces before, even if by accident, but as usual this one leads the reader to conclude that indeed, Leon Kass is right that he would not enjoy living forever, or that he might be less tolerable human if he were to live an artificially long life.

It is no secret that the AJOB editors are liberal and, from the above quote, clearly they are not fans of Leon Kass who has conservative views on increasing the human life span and on bioethics in general.

I am always puzzled by liberals who are all for artifically expanding the human life span to 150 years or beyond through genetic engineering or other extraordinary means.  I thought liberals were the ones concerned about over-population?  Imagine the "population-problem" if we all lived to 200?

Hmmmm.  They must think its OK for them to populate the earth as long as they want, just so long as the rest of us stop having babies.  Now that is what I call compassion.