Human Death – A View from the Beginning of Life

This paper presents a simple argument against definitions of the death of a human being in terms of death, or the cessation of functioning, of its brain: a human being is alive, and so is capable of dying, before it acquires a brain. Although a more accurate definition is sketched, it is stressed th...

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Main Author: Persson, Ingmar (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2002
In: Bioethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-32
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