Aging thoughtfully : conversations about retirement, romance, wrinkles, and regret / Martha C. Nussbaum, Saul Levmore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nussbaum, Martha C. (Martha Craven), 1947- author.

Levmore, Saul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aging--Psychological aspects.

Aging.

Longevity.

Medical Subjects:

Longevity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

A philosopher and a lawyer-economist examine the challenges of the last third of life. They write about friendship, sex, retirement communities, inheritance, poverty, and the depiction of aging women in films. These essays, or conversations, will help readers of all ages think about how to age well, or at least thoughtfully, and how to interact with older family members and friends.

Contents:

1. Learning from King Lear

Aging and control in King Lear

and the danger of generalization

Distributing, disinheriting, and paying for care since Lear

2. Retirement policy

Must we retire?

No end in sight

3. Aging with friends

On aging, on friendship : arguing with Cicero

What are friends for?

4. Aging bodies

Can wrinkles be glamorous?

Our bodies, ourselves : aging, stigma, and disgust

5. Looking back

Living the past forward : the present and future value of backward-looking emotions

No regrets, and a cheer for retirement communities

6. Romance and sex beyond middle age

Lies of Richard Strauss, truths of Shakespeare : aging women, sex, and love

The adventures of Ben Franklin, Ivana Trump, and rejected lovers of all ages

7. Inequality and an aging population

Inequality and the elderly poor

Aging and human capabilities

8. Giving it away

Paradoxes of giving (solutions included)

Aging and altruism.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 20, 2017).

ISBN:

0-19-060025-X

0-19-060024-1