Death and irreversibility.

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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.
Originalspråkengelska
Sidor (från-till)275-281
TidskriftReviews in the Neurosciences
Volym20
Nummer3-4
StatusPublished - 2009
Evenemang5th International Symposium of the Definition of Death Network - Varadero Beach, Kuba
Varaktighet: 2008 maj 202008 maj 23

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Neurovetenskaper

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