Definition and Criteria of Human Death as a Bioethical Problem

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

Discussion

Discussion highlights the whole brain criterion and alternative approaches in the context of bioethical debates.

The article argues that the whole brain criterion, widely accepted since the 1970s, has significant counterarguments.
Counterexamples show that human organisms can function with a 'dead' brain, complicating biological definitions of death.
The higher brain criterion, linked to consciousness, may replace the whole brain criterion for a more accurate identification of death.
Incorporating pluralistic practices for individuals with differing beliefs could improve the ethical consideration of determining death.

Dmytro Sepetyi (2025) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark