Introduction

Geoffrey Scarre

1-10

How old is old?

changing conceptions of old age

Christine Overall

13-30

Gerontology versus geriatrics

different ways of understanding ageing and old age

Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs

31-48

The physiology and psychology of aging

should aging be successful or authentic?

Julian C. Hughes

49-68

Concepts of time in age and aging

Jan Baars

69-86

The ageing of people and of things

Geoffrey Scarre

87-99

Aging in religious perspective

Charles Taliaferro, Mérédith Varie

101-113

Aging in classical philosophy

Audrey L. Anton

115-134

Old age in existentialist perspective

Kristana Arp

135-148

Ageing and modern Jewish writing and thought

Michael Mack

149-167

The stories of our lives

aging and narrative

David Carr

171-185

Coming to terms with old age – and death

Christopher Cowley

187-206

Feeling one's age

a phenomenology of aging

Michael Bavidge

207-224

Aging and the maintenance of dignity

Russell Woodruff

225-245

Wisdom and aging

Charles Taliaferro, Mérédith Varie

247-260

Does self-identity persist into old age?

Helen Small

261-281

Dementia and the nature of mind

Julian C. Hughes

283-303

"This damnable, disgusting old age"

ageing and (being) one's body

Christopher Hamilton

305-324

Aging, getting older, and the good life

Diane Jeske

327-345

Aging as becoming oneself

a philosophical ethics of late life

Thomas Rentsch

347-364

Filial duties

Diane Jeske

365-383

What do the old owe the young?

Søren Holm

385-400

Benefactors or burdens?

the social role of the old

Andreas Kruse

401-424

Virtue, ageing and Failing

Mary M. McCabe

425-443

Ethical issues in Dementia care

Chris Gilleard, Paul Higgs

445-468

Health care for old age

rights, duties and expectations

Anita Silvers, Mary V. Rorty

471-493

How long should people work?

the debate over the retiring age

Audrey L. Anton

495-516

The transhumanist prospect

developing technology to extend the human lifespan

Christopher Wareham

517-538