Описание: Introduction
Geoffrey Scarre
Part 1 The Meaning of Aging
1. How old is old? Changing conceptions of old age
Christine Overall
2. Gerontology versus geriatrics: different ways of understanding aging and old age
Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs
3. The physiology and psychology of aging: should aging be successful or authentic?
Julian C. Hughes
4. Concepts of time in age and aging
Jan Baars
5. The aging of people and of things
Geoffrey Scarre
6. Aging in religious perspective
Charles Taliaferro and Meredith Varie
7. Aging in classical philosophy
Audrey L. Anton
8. Old age in existentialist perspective
Kristana Arp
9. Aging and modern Jewish writing and thoughtMichael Mack
Part 2 The Experience of Aging
10. The stories of our lives: aging and narrative
David Carr
11. Coming to terms with old age - and death
Christopher Cowley
12. Feeling one's age: a phenomenology of aging
Michael Bavidge
13. Aging and the maintenance of dignity
Russell Woodruff
14. Wisdom and aging
Charles Taliaferro and Meredith Varie
15. Does self-identity persist into old age?
Helen Sm
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16. Dementia and the nature of mindJulian C. Hughes
17. 'This damnable, disgusting old age: aging and (being) one's body
Christopher Hamilton
Part 3 The Ethics of Aging
18. Aging, getting older and the good lifeDiane Jeske
19. Aging as becoming oneself: a philosophical ethics of later life
Thomas Rentsch
20. Filial duties
Diane Jeske
21. What do the old owe the young?
S ren Holm
22. Benefits or burdens? The social role of the old
Andreas Kruse
23. Virtue, aging and failing
Mary Margaret McCabe
24. Ethical issues in dementia care
Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs
Part 4 The Future of Aging
25. Health care for old age: rights, duties and expectationsAnita Silvers and Mary V. Rorty
26. How long should people work?
Audrey L. Anton
27. The transhumanist prospect: developing technology to extend the human lifespan
Christopher Wareham
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