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Loving later life : an ethics of aging / Frits de Lange.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015Description: x, 159 pages ; 23 cm ; pbkContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0802872166
  • 9780802872166
  • 9780802872166:
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 248.85
Contents:
Good aging : toward an ethics of aging -- The ethics of love -- Why we do not love the elderly -- Taking care of your old self -- Love for aging neighbors.
Summary: Is loving later life possible? In our youth-obsessed culture, nobody enjoys growing old. We normally fear our own aging and generally do not love old people - they remind us that death is inescapable, the body frail, and social status transitory. In Loving Later Life Frits de Lange shows how an ethics of love can acknowledge and overcome this fear of aging and change our attitude toward the elderly. De Lange reframes the biblical love command this way: "We must care for the aging other as we care for our own aging selves". We can encourage positive self-love by embracing life as we age, taking good care of our own aging bodies, staying good friends with ourselves, and valuing the last season of life. When we cultivate this kind of self-love, we are released from our aversion to growing old and set free to care about others who are aging - our parents, our relatives, and others in their final season of life.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 248.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79463
General Lending Wexford Campus Library Wexford General Lending 248.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 79464

CW017

CW068

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Good aging : toward an ethics of aging -- The ethics of love -- Why we do not love the elderly -- Taking care of your old self -- Love for aging neighbors.

Is loving later life possible? In our youth-obsessed culture, nobody enjoys growing old. We normally fear our own aging and generally do not love old people - they remind us that death is inescapable, the body frail, and social status transitory. In Loving Later Life Frits de Lange shows how an ethics of love can acknowledge and overcome this fear of aging and change our attitude toward the elderly. De Lange reframes the biblical love command this way: "We must care for the aging other as we care for our own aging selves". We can encourage positive self-love by embracing life as we age, taking good care of our own aging bodies, staying good friends with ourselves, and valuing the last season of life. When we cultivate this kind of self-love, we are released from our aversion to growing old and set free to care about others who are aging - our parents, our relatives, and others in their final season of life.

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