Normality seems to have wholly dispensed with bodily illness and pain. Perfection is the norm, and one that can be gained through acquiring the correct products and perfecting the body. Dickens, Peter, Society and nature. Towards a green social theory. But in the end fate or destiny is seen as taking its toll.
People die, to use a commonly used phrase, 'when their number's up'.
Dickens, Peter, Society and nature. Towards a green social theory. The satisfactions in smoking and drinking and driving are not private pleasures. Even if they were, habits would still be hard to change because they are locked into life styles. But most habits, good and bad, are social, rooted in community life.