Abstract

Dying is a stage of life that tends to be ‘hushed up’. The conscious reflection on dying gives the hospice idea a philosophical depth. On the one hand, philosophical questions about personal identity, the meaning of life, aesthetics and dignity in dying, freedom, autonomy, hope, guilt and justice are addressed and penetrated in the individual process of end-of-life care. On the other hand, it is part of the self-image of the hospice movement to bring dying and the existential questions associated with it to the public through educational work. The present learning area planning conceives possibilities for the integration of the extracurricular learning place of the hospice and the sensitisation for and reflection of the topic in ethics lessons.