As average lifespans stretch to new lengths, how are human values impacted? Should our values change over the course of our ever-increasing lifespans? Nancy S. Jecker introduces a new concept, the life stage relativity of values, which holds that at different life stages, different ethical concerns should take center stage. For Jecker, the privileging of midlife values raises fundamental problems of fairness, and reveals large gaps in ethical principles and theories. Jecker introduces a new philosophical framework that reflects the life stage relativity of values and shows its relevance to practice and policy.…mehr
As average lifespans stretch to new lengths, how are human values impacted? Should our values change over the course of our ever-increasing lifespans? Nancy S. Jecker introduces a new concept, the life stage relativity of values, which holds that at different life stages, different ethical concerns should take center stage. For Jecker, the privileging of midlife values raises fundamental problems of fairness, and reveals large gaps in ethical principles and theories. Jecker introduces a new philosophical framework that reflects the life stage relativity of values and shows its relevance to practice and policy.
Nancy S. Jecker is a Professor of bioethics and philosophy at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics and Humanities. She holds a Visiting Professorship at the University of Johannesburg, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, and past visiting professorships at the National University of Singapore Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Centre for Bioethics. She is a three-time Rockefeller Foundation awardee, two-time National Endowment for the Humanities awardee, Brocher Foundation Visiting Researcher, and Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science International Fellow. Dr. Jecker was elected to the board of directors for the International Association of Bioethics (2019-2021) and the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (2017-2019).
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: The Philosophical Framework Chapter 1: Values Across the Lifespan Chapter 2: What Matters for Individuals in Later Life? Chapter 3: The Preferred Account of Human Capabilities Chapter 4: Time's Passage and the Narrative Self Chapter 5: Justice Between Old and Young Part II: Policy and Practice Chapter 6: Healthcare Across the Lifespan Chapter 7: Who Cares? Chapter 8: What Cares? Chapter 9: Ageism Chapter 10: The Dying, the Newly Dead, and the Long Gone Chapter 11: Future People Chapter 12: Conclusion
Part I: The Philosophical Framework Chapter 1: Values Across the Lifespan Chapter 2: What Matters for Individuals in Later Life? Chapter 3: The Preferred Account of Human Capabilities Chapter 4: Time's Passage and the Narrative Self Chapter 5: Justice Between Old and Young Part II: Policy and Practice Chapter 6: Healthcare Across the Lifespan Chapter 7: Who Cares? Chapter 8: What Cares? Chapter 9: Ageism Chapter 10: The Dying, the Newly Dead, and the Long Gone Chapter 11: Future People Chapter 12: Conclusion
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