THINKING WELL ABOUT AGING
Professor Ezekiel J. Emanuel, M.D., Ph.D.
Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor
Vice Provost for Global Initiatives
Co-Director, Healthcare Transformation Institute
Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
The lecture will be held on Wednesday
22 March 2023, at 16:00
Room 106, School of Health Professions Building
Tel Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv
Light refreshments will be served before the lectures
15.40-16.00 Gathering, Foyer of the School of Health Professions
16.00-16.10 Greetings:
Prof. Karen Avraham, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Uri Ashery, Head of the Healthy Longevity Center
16.15-17.15 ADOPTING THE COMPLETE LIVES PERSPECTIVE
A keynote Lecture by Prof. Ezekiel Emanuel, University of Pennsylvania
Following a rich tradition in philosophy from Aristotle to Rawls and Nagel, Dr. Emanuel has
advocated making ethical, justice, and other evaluations over a complete life, not based on
momentary situations. The Complete Lives Perspective suggests that assessments of a good
life or fairness are properly made at the end of life. This has implications for individuals in
emphasizing the importance of taking a death bed perspective—having no—or few-regrets
about how one lived on one’s death bed. This requires living intentionally. This perspective
also plays down the urgent in favor of the important.
17.15-17.30 NOT HAVING EXHAUSTED LIFE AFTER 90 YEARS.
Prof. Shlomo Giora Shoham, Tel Aviv University
Prof. Shoham had an eventful life in his 94 years. When discussing life at old age, he states “I
feel that I have not exhausted it yet”. When the conference ends, he will proceed to
neighboring building to participate in a seminar at the School of Medicine. Connecting his
philosophical and clinical experience, he will share his thoughts and ideas about Aging and the
Full life from a very personal perspective.
17.30-17.45 TEMPORAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE GOOD LIFE
Prof. YM. Barilan, School of Medicine and the Bioethics and Law Center, TAU
The question of the good life has two faces. The first is the moral one, the personal inquiry
about the good life and how to make wise choices about life. The second face is about social
policy, which is the relative weight given to different perspectives on life, and to different voices
coming from the whole range of the life cycle. Following this, Dr. Barilan will suggest a
framework for thinking that seeks value on being present in significant engagements: either
created by the person, or by others who incorporate the person in their projects.
17.45-18.00 Q&A and Discussion
Dr. Oren Asman, Department of Nursing and the Bioethics and Law Center, TAU
