Mother Time: Women, Aging, and Ethics

by Margaret Urban Walker Donald J. Schuenke Chair in Philosophy Marquette University (editor)

This collection of original essays opens up a novel area of inquiry: the distinctively ethical dimension of women's experiences of aging. Fifteen distinguished contributors here explore assumptions, experiences, practices, and public policies that affect women's well-being and dignity in later life. The book brings to the study of women's aging a reflective dimension missing from the empirical work that has predominated to date. Ethical studies of aging have so far failed to emphasize gender. And feminist ethics has neglected older women, even when emphasizing other dimensions of 'difference.' Finally work on aging in all fields has focused on the elderly, while this volume sees aging as an extended process of negotiating personal and social change.

301 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 1999

Reviews

[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much more dry and academic than the synopsis led me to believe. Some interesting points made, but very little in the way of practical resolutions to these issues.