Art Caplan on living longer

As 2008 nears its end, Midday features some of the most provocative speeches of the year.

In a speech at the Chautauqua Institution this summer, Art Caplan, one of the country's leading bioethicists tried to answer the question: "Is it immoral to want to live longer, be smarter and look better?"

Guests

• Arthur Caplan: Director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania

More from MPR

• Big bioethics issues of 2008
  January 15, 2008
• Headlines and health care
  July 9, 2007

Resources

• About Art Caplan
• The Chautauqua Institution