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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.

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"Charles Tandy, Ph.D. Dr. Charles Tandy received his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Education from the University of Missouri at Columbia (USA) before becoming a Visiting Scholar in the Philosophy Department at Stanford University (USA). Dr. Tandy is author or editor of numerous publications. He is author of 21st Century Clues: Essays in Ethics, Ontology, and Time Travel (released in 2010). Philosophy anthologies edited by Dr. Tandy include the ongoing Death and Anti-Death series from Ria University Press. In 2014 Dr. Tandy edited a cryonics (""hibernate-wait-rejuvenate"") anthology entitled The Prospect of Immortality - Fifty Years Later. More information is available at and . R. Michael Perry, Ph.D. Dr. Perry (Ph.D., computer science, b. 1947) has worked at Alcor Foundation, a cryonics organization now in Scottsdale, Arizona (USA), since 1987. In spare time he completed a book, Forever for All, which deals with scientific and moral issues connected with physical immortality. He is currently working on a revised edition of this book, and on a deeper investigation of the philosophical and mathematical issues connected with personal identity and survival. Dr. Perry is a cofounder and member of the cryonics-promoting Society for Venturism, and also the Society for Universal Immortalism which is devoted to one day solving the problem of death in its entirety through a scientific approach. Mark Walker, Ph.D. Mark Walker is a Full Professor in the Philosophy Department at New Mexico State University (USA) where he occupies the Richard L. Hedden Endowed Chair in Advanced Philosophical Studies. Mark's PhD is from the Australian National University. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Evolution and Technology and on the board of directors of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. His current primary research interests are in epistemology and in ethical issues arising out of emerging technologies, e.g., genetic engineering, advanced pharmacology, artificial intelligence research and nanotechnology. He has published two books, and numerous articles dealing with epistemology, philosophy of religion, ethics, and politics."

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