I'm entirely in favor of extending healthy life worldwide, but I worry that you're missing the point: death will still come. We are certainly responsible for not doing the best we can with what paltry time and resources we have.
This may seem like I'm belaboring a meaningless distinction, but it has practical implications. We spend extraordinary sums on futile end-of-life care instead of on the things you name. And people who are unprepared for death, their own or that of loved ones, suffer immensely.
Deciding that every death is a failure is denying a reality that we must confront if we really want to make the most of what we have.
This may seem like I'm belaboring a meaningless distinction, but it has practical implications. We spend extraordinary sums on futile end-of-life care instead of on the things you name. And people who are unprepared for death, their own or that of loved ones, suffer immensely.
Deciding that every death is a failure is denying a reality that we must confront if we really want to make the most of what we have.