Envejecimiento vs. autonomía: reflexiones sobre un falso dilema.
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2005
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Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
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Este artículo reflexiona sobre el sentido de la vejez y su relación con la autonomía de la persona.
Se estructura en tres momentos: en el primero presenta la devaluación de la edad dorada a
partir de distintas visiones sobre la vejez y el envejecimiento que van de la Antigüedad clásica
y los siglos cristianos a la Modernidad y su crisis y a los signos de revalorización de la época
actual. Aborda después la raíz del problema en la aparente contradicción entre autonomía y
persona. Allí analiza el papel de la autonomía como manifestación o como fundamento de la
persona y trata de despejar los falsos dilemas –autonomía vs. vida humana; autonomía vs.
envejecimiento; autonomía vs. solidaridad-. Finalmente apunta algunas ideas para encontrar un
sentido auténticamente humano del envejecimiento.
This article is a reflection on the sense of old age and its relation to personal autonomy. It can be structured in three phases: firstly, it presents the devaluation suffered by old age through different conceptions about it -from classic Antiquity and Christian times to Modernity and its crisis till the signs of revalorization today. In a second instance it reflects on the root of the problem in the apparent contradiction between autonomy and person. There the article analyses the role of autonomy as a manifestation or as a basis of the person and tries to clear the false dilema –autonomy vs. human life; autonomy vs. old age; autonomy vs. solidarity-. Finally, the article points out some ideas in order to find an authentic human sense to old age.
This article is a reflection on the sense of old age and its relation to personal autonomy. It can be structured in three phases: firstly, it presents the devaluation suffered by old age through different conceptions about it -from classic Antiquity and Christian times to Modernity and its crisis till the signs of revalorization today. In a second instance it reflects on the root of the problem in the apparent contradiction between autonomy and person. There the article analyses the role of autonomy as a manifestation or as a basis of the person and tries to clear the false dilema –autonomy vs. human life; autonomy vs. old age; autonomy vs. solidarity-. Finally, the article points out some ideas in order to find an authentic human sense to old age.
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Calidad de vida, , Envejecimiento, Ancianos, Antropología filosófica