Aging Thoughtfully: Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret

by Saul Levmore and Martha C. Nussbaum

Book Overview

We all age differently, but we can learn from shared experiences and insights. The conversations, or paired essays, in Aging Thoughtfully combine a philosopher's approach with a lawyer-economist's.

Here are ideas about when to retire, how to refashion social security to help the elderly poor, how to learn from King Lear -- who did not retire successfully -- and whether to enjoy or criticize anti-aging cosmetic procedures. Some of the concerns...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190600233
• ISBN13: 9780190600235
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"