| Description |
1 online resource (x, 303 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge handbooks in philosophy |
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Cambridge handbooks in philosophy.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Ageing and the Good Life -- 1 Old Age and the Preference for the Future -- 2 Ageing and the Temporality of the Good Life -- 3 Children's Prudential Value -- 4 The Ethics of Ageing in Frank Perry's The Swimmer -- 5 Is Ageing Good? -- 6 Mental Health in Old Age -- 7 In Defense of a Semi-Stoical Attitude about Ageing and Death -- Part II Ageing and Morality -- 8 Personhood across the Lifespan -- 9 African and East Asian Perspectives on Ageing |
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10 Special Obligations in Long-Standing Friendships -- 11 Forgiveness and Ageing -- 12 Life-Extending Treatments for People with Dementia -- 13 'Half in Love with Easeful Death': Rational Suicide and the Elderly -- Part III Ageing and Society -- 14 'To Grandmother's House We Go': On Women, Ethics, and Ageing -- 15 Ageing, Unequal Longevities and Intergenerational Justice -- 16 Ageing, Justice, and Work: Alternatives to Mandatory Retirement -- 17 Age and Well-Being: Ethical Implications of the U-Curve of Happiness -- 18 The Desirability and Morality of Life Extension -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
"As one enters and progresses through old age, one experiences various unwelcome changes. One suffers declines in most physical abilities as well as in certain cognitive capacities; one becomes physically less attractive - or, perhaps, more unattractive; one's friends and loved ones succumb with increasing frequency to illness and death, leaving one submerged in grief and loneliness; and the familiar world one has known continues to recede into a past that few remember. Perhaps worst of all, the goods of life that remain in prospect are few, and rapidly become ever fewer"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2022) |
| Subject |
Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Older people.
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Middle age.
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Middle Aged
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elderly.
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middle age (life stage)
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Aging -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Middle age
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Older people
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wareham, C. S. (Christopher S.), editor.
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| LC no. |
2021058401 |
| ISBN |
9781108861168 |
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1108861164 |
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