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Without death there is no life, and life is a process of change. Something we've been asking ourselves in class a lot lately is, "should we delay this process?" It seems a lot of people think that we shouldn't. Now, I am not in favor of prolonging life artificially, but I think that improving the quality of people's lives is important. This includes health care, which I do believe should be available to everyone regardless of socio-economic status. This also includes the opportunity to live a healthy lifestyle, which some have more than others. Some people can only afford to buy food that will speed up their process of change. Some people don't have time to exercise. The fact is, some people can afford to live a lifestyle that delays the process of change and some people can't. This is an injustice. Improving the quality of people's lives may mean that we have more people alive longer, but I think it's worth it. (besides, there is a global decline in birth rates anyway...)