(Boom, 2015, 274 pages)

In early 2015 Marli Huijer was named Thinker Laureate. The title is a Dutch invention, a philosophical counterpart to the Poet Laureate. As such she was asked to reflect on current issues and to share her thoughts with the public. The honour fell to Huijer partly on the strength of her celebrated book Discipline, a stimulating philosophical discourse on contemporary humankind in a world of unprecedented opportunity.

(Pluim, 2022, 160 pages)

With the advances in modern medicine and science, the ideal of enjoying at least a hundred years of good health is gaining traction. Immortality feels within reach. By idealizing longevity, however, we often turn a blind eye to the increasingly gradual process of dying – with far-reaching social, ecological and political consequences. In this frank inquiry, philosopher Marli Huijer explores whether there could be a right time to die, and sketches a more meaningful relationship with mortality for an aging society.