Should we live forever : the ethical ambiguities of aging / Gilbert Meilaender.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meilaender, Gilbert, 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Aging.

Aging--Moral and ethical aspects.

Death--Moral and ethical aspects.

Death.

Older Christians--Religious life.

Older Christians.

Gerontology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Gerontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 121 pages )

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan ; Cambridge, England : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Should We Live Forever? Christian ethicist Gilbert Meilaender puzzles over the implications of the medical advances that have lengthened the human life span, wrestling with what this quest for living longer means for our conception of living well and completely. As he points out in his introduction, "That we often desire, even greedily desire, longer life is clear; whether what we desire is truly desirable is harder to say."The six chapters of this book take multiple perspectives on issues surrounding aging and invite readers to consider whether "indefinitely more life" is something worth pursuing and, if humans are created for life with God, whether longer life will truly satisfy our underlying hunger.

Contents:

How shall we think about aging?

Transitional humanity

Hoping to live forever

Generative life

Patience

Complete life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781467437547

1467437549

9781467437875

1467437875

Publisher Number:

40021844758