Growing old  : an itinerary through history, medicine and morality.

Federica Madonna

doi:10.6093/978-88-8317-127-7

Growing old : an itinerary through history, medicine and morality.

Authors

Federica Madonna

University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6765-3810

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-8317-127-7

Keywords:

ethic of care, active aging, cognitive enhancement

Synopsis

Publishers: EUC - Edizioni Università di Cassino

Series: Miscellaneous

Pages: 142

Language: Italian

NBN: http://nbn.depositolegale.it/resolver.pl?nbn=urn:nbn:it:unina-30043

Abstract: The volume, the result of the study day organized by the chair of History of Philosophy of the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, in cooperation with the Italian Institute of Bioethics, aims to offer an answer to the reasons why the “old”, in contemporary society, is no longer considered a precious cultural resource, a source of wisdom and experience, but a “useless thing”. The authors, for the part of their scientific expertise, have provided answers that may also be useful for the formulation of new social policies, for the solution of the “old age” problem from an ethical, medical, sociological and historical perspective in line with a bioethical approach to the “senescence” problem. In fact, the volume, of a multidisciplinary nature, collects the contributions of Luisella Battaglia, Giuseppe Battimelli, Carla Costanzi, Silvano Franco, Andrea Lavazza, Federica Madonna, Franco Aurelio Meschini.

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Author Biography

Federica Madonna, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

Federica Madonna is a Contract Lecturer in the History of Philosophy at the University of Cassinoand Southern Lazio. She obtained your PhD from the aforementioned University; her scientific disciplinary sector is Moral Philosophy, with particular attention to Bioethics and Neuroethics. She has published monographs, articles and contributions in both Italian and English. Since March 2024 she has been a Contract Lecturer in Bioethics at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio.