Pain and grief are among our most private, isolating experiences.
The normative appeal of the new gerontology to individual autonomy and responsibility makes it even clearer that “failure” is precisely what is at stake.
A human person is a historical being, in whom the past remains immanent in the present, and whom the wear and tear of time enhances rather than diminishes.
The personal diet has become not only a cult; it has become a political statement.