Sammanfattning
The concept of irreversibility plays a central role in most discussions of how to understand and determine human death. This seems to relativize death, since the possibilities of reversal will always depend on circumstance. I discuss the conceptual problems created by this fact, arguing that their seriousness depends on whether we take our conception of death to be a definition or criterion. Relativity is probably not fatal in a definition of death; it might even be desirable in a policy criterion. The concept of permanence is no less philosophically problematic in this context than irreversibility.
Originalspråk | engelska |
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Sidor (från-till) | 275-281 |
Tidskrift | Reviews in the Neurosciences |
Volym | 20 |
Nummer | 3-4 |
Status | Published - 2009 |
Evenemang | 5th International Symposium of the Definition of Death Network - Varadero Beach, Kuba Varaktighet: 2008 maj 20 → 2008 maj 23 |
Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)
- Neurovetenskaper