What does it mean to live well and what impact can this have on our death? Can living well really help us achieve a so-called good death?
These issues have preoccupied great minds throughout the ages, including Aristotle and Plato, beginning with the idea that living well, the good life, consists of happiness. However, in philosophical terms, happiness can be seen as less of a goal or an end state, but a manner of living; a subjective feeling.
In this special episode of the Art of Dying Well podcast we take a deep dive into the philosophy of these existential issues with Dr Christopher Hamilton, author and Reader in Philosophy at King’s College London.
Christopher has written several books including Middle Age (The Art of Life), which examines how we cope with the potential of diminishment and reconciling ourselves to the one life that we are living. He also shares his personal experience of coming to terms with a profoundly life-changing event, and learning to live with not having all the answers. And also, can we ask different questions about our life by thinking more constructively?
Where there's a Will there's a way | Episode 40
Back to Life | Second chances and spiritual awakening | Episode 39
How we remember the dead | A reflective tour of the beautiful London Oratory Church | Episode 38
Still birth and Abigail's Footsteps | Baby Loss Awareness Week | Episode 37
Grieving The Loss of a Child | Baby Loss Awareness Week | Episode 36
Listen to me, I'm dying! | Episode 35
Eternity? What happens after we die | Episode 34
Healing Grief Through Sport | Episode 33
The Art of Dying Well - What Have We Learned? | Episode 32
Why end of life companionship matters | Episode 30
Living well, ageing well and dying well | Episode 29
The Art of Listening Well | Episode 28
Men and Grief | Episode 27
Grief in the Classroom | Episode 26
Diagnosing Dying | Episode 25
The Internet and End of Life | Episode 24
End of Life Accompaniment and Lone Deaths | Episode 23
Reporting on death and dying during the pandemic | Episode 22
Bereavement and Remembrance in November | Episode 21
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