Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for Aging and Dying well, this is no longer the case.
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In part, our cultural confusion is rooted in an inadequate conception of the human person, which is based on a notion of absolute individual autonomy that cannot but fail in the face of the dependency that comes with Aging and decline at the end of life.
Today, Aging is frequently seen as a problem to be solved and death as a harsh reality to be masked.
Although philosophy, religion, and civic cultures used to help people prepare for Aging and Dying well, this is no longer the case