The Evening of Life
Title | The Evening of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph E. Davis |
Publisher | University of Notre Dame Pess |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2020-09-30 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 026810803X |
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
The Evening of Life; Or, Meditations and Devotions for the Aged
Title | The Evening of Life; Or, Meditations and Devotions for the Aged PDF eBook |
Author | William Edward Heygate |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1856 |
Genre | |
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No Regrets in the Evening of Life
Title | No Regrets in the Evening of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Neville Buch |
Publisher | Boolarong Press |
Pages | 474 |
Release | 2018-03-14 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1925236463 |
The type of local and school history before the reader may be unfamiliar. It is a definitive and scholarly history in the style of many grammar school histories in Queensland. Although it is not unknown for Australian public and private schooling, it is unique for Queensland state schools. By saying it is a ‘definitive and scholarly history’, what is meant is not that the history is complete; only that it reaches decisive conclusions in a substantive treatment. In this particular case, the historian is someone who has been trained at the level of a higher degree.
Thoughts in the Evening of Life. A Sketch of the Life of Rev. Henry Grey, D.D., and Passages from the Diary of Mrs. Grey. Edited by the Rev. C. M. Birrell. [With a Portrait.]
Title | Thoughts in the Evening of Life. A Sketch of the Life of Rev. Henry Grey, D.D., and Passages from the Diary of Mrs. Grey. Edited by the Rev. C. M. Birrell. [With a Portrait.] PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Mitchell Birrell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 168 |
Release | 1871 |
Genre | |
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The Evening of Life
Title | The Evening of Life PDF eBook |
Author | Monsignor Baunard |
Publisher | |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2013-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781494084660 |
This is a new release of the original 1930 edition.
The Evening of Life, Or, Light and Comfort Amid the Shadows of Declining Years
Title | The Evening of Life, Or, Light and Comfort Amid the Shadows of Declining Years PDF eBook |
Author | Jeremiah Chaplin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1859 |
Genre | Old age in literature |
ISBN |
Life's evening; or, Thoughts for the aged
Title | Life's evening; or, Thoughts for the aged PDF eBook |
Author | Life |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 1854 |
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