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The Palgrave handbook of the philosophy of aging
Abstract
This comprehensive handbook presents the major philosophical perspectives on the nature, prospects, problems and social context of age and aging in an era of dramatically increasing life-expectancy. Drawing on the latest research in gerontology, medicine and the social sciences, its twenty-seven chapters examine our intuitions and common sense beliefs about the meaning of aging and explore topics such as the existential experience of old age, aging in different philosophical and religious traditions, the place of the elderly in contemporary society and the moral rights and responsibilities of the old. This book provides innovative and leading-edge research that will help to determine the parameters of the philosophy of aging for years to come.
Key Features
• Structured in four parts addressing the meaning, experience, ethics and future of aging
• Focused treatment of the dementia "epidemic" and the philosophy of the mind and self
The Palgrave Handbook of the Philosophy of Aging is an essential resource for scholars, researchers and advanced students in the philosophy of the self, moral and political philosophy, bioethics, phenomenology, narrative studies and philosophy of economics. It is also an ideal volume for researchers, advanced students and professionals in gerontology, health care, psychology, sociology and population studies.
Details | Table of Contents
changing conceptions of old age
pp.13-30
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_2different ways of understanding ageing and old age
pp.31-48
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_3should aging be successful or authentic?
pp.49-68
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_4pp.149-167
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_10aging and narrative
pp.171-185
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_11a phenomenology of aging
pp.207-224
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_13ageing and (being) one's body
pp.305-324
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_18a philosophical ethics of late life
pp.347-364
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_20the social role of the old
pp.401-424
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_23rights, duties and expectations
pp.471-493
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_26the debate over the retiring age
pp.495-516
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_27developing technology to extend the human lifespan
pp.517-538
https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39356-2_28Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2016
Pages: 559
ISBN (hardback): 978-1-137-39355-5
ISBN (digital): 978-1-137-39356-2
Full citation:
Scarre Geoffrey (2016) The Palgrave handbook of the philosophy of aging. Dordrecht, Springer.