Is loving later life possible? In our youth-obsessed culture, nobody enjoys growing old. We normally fear our own aging and generally do not love old people -- they remind us that death is inescapable, the body frail, and social status transitory. In Loving Later Life Frits de Lange shows how an ethics of love can acknowledge and overcome this fear of aging and change our attitude toward the elderly.
De Lange reframes the biblical love command this way: -We must care for the aging other as we care for our own aging selves.- We can encourage positive self-love by embracing life as...