The Evening of Life The Challenges of Aging and Dying Well

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Hardcover
  • 9780268108014
  • 30 september 2020
  • 214 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for aging and dying well, this is no longer the case. Today, aging is frequently seen as a problem to be solved and death as a harsh reality to be masked. In part, our cultural confusion is rooted in an inadequate conception of the human person, which is based on a notion of absolute individual autonomy that cannot but fail in the face of the dependency that comes with aging and decline at the end of life. To help correct the ethical impoverishment at the root of our contemporary social confusion, The Evening of Life provides an interdisciplinary examination of the challenges of aging and dying well. It calls for a re-envisioning of cultural concepts, practices, and virtues that embraces decline, dependency, and finitude rather than stigmatizes them. Bringing together the work of sociologists, anthropologists, philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, this collection of essays develops an interrelated set of conceptual tools to discuss the current challenges posed to aging and dying well, such as flourishing, temporality, narrative, and friendship. Above all, it proposes a positive understanding of thriving in old age that is rooted in our shared vulnerability as human beings. It also suggests how some of these tools and concepts can be deployed to create a medical system that better responds to our contemporary needs. The Evening of Life will interest bioethicists, medical practitioners, clinicians, and others involved in the care of the aging and dying.

Contributors: Joseph E. Davis, Sharon R. Kaufman, Paul Scherz, Wilfred M. McClay, Kevin Aho, Charles Guignon, Bryan S. Turner, Janelle S. Taylor, Sarah L. Szanton, Janiece Taylor, and Justin Mutter

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
30 september 2020
Aantal pagina's
214
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdredacteur
Joseph E. Davis
Tweede Redacteur
Paul Scherz

Overige kenmerken

Editie
1
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
152 mm
Product hoogte
16 mm
Product lengte
229 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
152 mm
Verpakking hoogte
16 mm
Verpakking lengte
229 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
107 g

EAN

EAN
9780268108014
Nog geen reviews

Kies gewenste uitvoering

Bindwijze : Hardcover
Editie : 1

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 105 euro.
2 - 3 weken
Verkoop door bol
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door bol
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice