How ThenShould We Die‪?‬

We live at a time when more and more people face the challenges of chronic illness and aging, and when the notion of “dignity” is increasingly cited in the debate regarding how best to care for those who face these challenges. This book considers two radically different perspectives on dignity: the one grounded in the prevailing cultural view that emphasizes individual autonomy, a perspective that inevitably increases the sick person’s experience of loss of dignity and that is causing a fundamental shift in attitudes towards the care of the sick and dying; the other grounded in the values of authentic Christian community, a context that nurtures an ethic of love and care that transforms the meaning of illness and suffering and affords dignity to all.