List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Mark Schweda, Larissa Pfaller, and Silke Schicktanz
Part 1: Conceptions of Aging and Old Age
1. "A Season to Everything"? Considering Life-Course Perspectives in Bioethical and Public-Health Discussions on Aging
Mark Schweda
2. Becoming Oneself: Toward a New Philosophy of Ageing
Thomas Rentsch
3. Third Age and Fourth Age in Aging Societies - Divergent Social and Ethical Discourses
François Höpflinger
4. The Nature of the Fourth Age as a Challenge to Aging Societies
Paul Higgs and Chris Gilleard
Part 2: Perspectives and Problems of Old Age in the Context of Medicine and Healthcare
5. Old Age, Potentials, and Vulnerability
Andreas Kruse
6. Competence and Cognitive Deterioration: Are We Paying Enough Attention to Ethical Issues?
Perla Werner and Silke Schicktanz
7. Opt In or Opt Out? Rethinking the Provision of Life-Sustaining Medical Technology to the 'Old Old'
Hsiu-I Yang
8. Not Growing Old - Gracefully
Søren Holm
9. How to Think About Age-Group Justice: The Capabilities Approach
Nancy S. Jecker
Part 3: Individual Provisions and Public Policies in Aging Societies
10. Final Decisions for the Final Crisis: Hopes and Hypes Regarding the Advance Directive in Germany
Kai Brauer
11. Preparing Existential Decisions in Later Life: Advance Healthcare Planning
Ralf J. Jox
12. Articulating the Case for the Longevity Dividend
S. Jay Olshansky
13. Paradoxes of Planning Later Life: Anti-Aging Practices and the Lived Body
Larissa Pfaller and Frank Adloff
14. The Visionary Shaping of Dementia Research: Imaginations and Scenarios in Biopolitical Narratives and Ethical Reflections
Silke Schicktanz
15. Solidarity and Family Care for an Aging Population
Ruud ter Meulen
16. Legacies, Generations, and Aging Futures: The Ethics of Intergenerativity
Stephen Katz and Peter J. Whitehouse
Index