# Why do we age?

**Why do living things age?**

Biologists have several accounts of why evolution lets bodies wear out. Whether aging can be slowed, and whether it should be, is a question for ethics as well as biology.

Connects to:
- [Aging and death](https://mapideas.org/i/li_death)
- [Evolution](https://mapideas.org/i/li_evolution)
- [Meaning in life](https://mapideas.org/i/et_meaning)

Source: https://mapideas.org/i/q_x_aging · open on the map: https://mapideas.org/#q_x_aging