Ending Midlife Bias: New Values for Old Age, by Nancy Jecker, addresses what she sees as Western society's overvaluing of autonomy and undervaluing of dignity, a bias that she sees as particularly unsuited to old age. While she makes a strong case, two main problems challenge her approach. First, she characterizes later life by the diseases and disabilities associated with it, compressing its ever-expanding social space into a narrow location where need trumps desire, and comfort companionship. Second, she considers few other values beyond the antagonism between being granted autonomy and being granted dignity. Human values extend beyond such pairing – and beyond the confines of any particular phase or stage of life. It is as if the author sees old age as an endless succession of Sundays, punctured by dull but respectful visits from grandchildren and great grandchildren. Later life lasts more than one day and deserves more than one value.

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跨时代的价值观

结束中年偏见：老年的新价值观， 南希·杰克 (Nancy Jecker) 着，解决了她认为西方社会高估了自主权和低估了尊严的问题，她认为这种偏见特别不适合老年。虽然她提出了强有力的理由，但有两个主要问题挑战了她的方法。首先，她通过与之相关的疾病和残疾来描述晚年生活，将其不断扩大的社会空间压缩到一个需要胜过欲望和舒适陪伴的狭窄地方。其次，除了被授予自主权和被授予尊严之间的对立之外，她几乎没有考虑其他价值观。人类价值观超越了这种配对——也超越了生活的任何特定阶段或阶段的范围。就好像作者将老年视为无休止的星期日，被孙子和曾孙的无聊但恭敬的拜访所刺穿。.