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Aging And Ethics

Philosophical Problems in Gerontology

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  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Nancy S. Jecker

    1. University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The Aging Individual

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Meaning of Life

      • Kurt Baier
      Pages 3-49

    3. The Meaning of Life in Old Age

      • Harry R. Moody
      Pages 51-92

    4. Oedipus and the Meaning of Aging

      • Thomas R. Cole
      Pages 93-111

    5. Recovering the Body in Aging

      • Sally Gadow
      Pages 113-120

  3. Aging and Filial Responsibility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. The Aging Society as a Context for Family Life

      • Gunhild O. Hagestad
      Pages 123-146

    3. What Do Grown Children Owe Their Parents?

      • Jane English
      Pages 147-154

    4. Families as Caregivers

      • Daniel Callahan
      Pages 155-170

    5. Health Care and Decision Making

      • Sara T. Fry
      Pages 171-186

    6. Rethinking Family Loyalties

      • Evelyn M. Barker
      Pages 187-198

    7. The Role of Intimate Others in Medical Decision Making

      • Nancy S. Jecker
      Pages 199-216

  4. Distributive Justice in an Aging Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Limiting Health Care for the Old

      • Daniel Callahan
      Pages 219-226

    3. A Lifespan Approach to Health Care

      • Norman Daniels
      Pages 227-246

    4. Old Age and the Rationing of Scarce Health Care Resources

      • Mark H. Waymack
      Pages 247-267

    5. Appeals to Nature in Theories of Age-Group Justice

      • Nancy S. Jecker
      Pages 269-283

    6. Paying the Real Costs of Lifesaving

      • Paul T. Menzel
      Pages 285-305

    7. Intent and Actuality

      • Jane A. Boyajian
      Pages 307-338
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About this book

The Aging Self and the Aging Society Ethical issues involving the elderly have recently come to the fore. This should come as no surprise: Since the turn of the century, there has been an eightfold in­ crease in the number of Americans over the age of sixty­ five, and almost a tripling of their proportion to the general population. Those over the age of eighty-five-­ the fastest growing group in the country-are twenty­ one more times as numerous as in 1900. Demographers expect this trend to accelerate into the twenty-first century. The aging of society casts into vivid relief a num­ ber of deep and troubling questions. On the one hand, as individuals, we grapple with the immediate experience of aging and mortality and seek to find in it philosophical or ethical significance. We also wonder what responsi­ bilities we bear toward aging family members and what expectations of others our plans for old age can reasona­ bly include. On the other hand, as a community, we must decide: What special role, if any, do older persons occupy in our society? What constitutes a just distribution of medical resources between generations? And, How can institutions that serve the old foster imperiled values, such as autonomy, self-respect, and dignity? Only recently have we begun to explore these themes, yet already a rich and fruitful literature has grown up around them.

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A sound collection, including both classic and new work. It poses an excellent challenge to those setting out to rethink old age.-Ethics

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA

    Nancy S. Jecker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Aging And Ethics

  • Book Subtitle: Philosophical Problems in Gerontology

  • Editors: Nancy S. Jecker

  • Series Title: Contemporary Issues in Biomedicine, Ethics, and Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0423-7

  • Publisher: Humana Totowa, NJ

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-201-9Published: 02 December 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-89603-255-2Published: 02 December 1991

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-0423-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 394

  • Topics: Theory of Medicine/Bioethics

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