From the principle of autonomy to the desire to grow old. Standards and values of old age.

Julie Henry (1) , Sarah Carvallo (2)

1 Laboratoire Junior Ënquête sur l\'homme vivant\"
2 EA S2HEP - Sciences et Société ; Historicité, Éducation et Pratiques

The WHO likes to encourage support for active old age, which it sees as a state in which old people habe optimized their opportunities and the European Union has adopted a similar approach in its Healthy Ageing action pla,. Success in old age viewed from these convergent perspectives becomes a question requiring evaluation, for both the collective and the private realms. But we want to go back to the starting notion of "ageing well", and propose a questioning based on the whishes of old people themselves.

Mots clés: healthy ageing; desire; frailty; value; enhancement; optimization

Domaines: Philosophie

Julie Henry, Sarah Carvallo. From the principle of autonomy to the desire to grow old. Standards and values of old age.. Marie-Jo Thiel. Ethical Challenges of Ageing, RSM Press, pp.243-256, 2012, 9781853159787. ⟨halshs-00912830⟩