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September 10, 2025The AMA Journal of EthicOpen Access

How Might Health Care Think About the Ethics of Human Extinction?

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DKDevin M KellisUniversity of South CarolinaÉTÉmile P. TorresCase Western Reserve University

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Implication

This commentary explores ethical implications of human extinction in health care, highlighting equivalence and further-loss views.

Key Points

  • The commentary argues that ethical approaches to human extinction raise significant implications for health care.
  • It highlights three primary ethical perspectives: equivalence, further-loss, and pro-extinctionist views.
  • The equivalence and further-loss approaches have particular consequences for clinicians and health organizations.
  • The analysis prompts a reflection on how health care can ethically manage extinction risks effectively.

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Kellis et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23f1fb210217d64795684https://doi.org/10.1001/amajethics.2025.549
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