Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism
This article analyzes from a biophilosophical point of view whether it is advisable to adjust the current brain death criteria, according to recent discoveries about brain function. The appropriate foundation for a death criterion is recognizing that a human being is more than his or her physical as...
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| description | This article analyzes from a biophilosophical point of view whether it is advisable to adjust the current brain death criteria, according to recent discoveries about brain function. The appropriate foundation for a death criterion is recognizing that a human being is more than his or her physical aspect, within which the brain plays a decisive role. Current neurology states that the brain functions globally. Thus, the irreversible loss of integrated brain activity indicates the end of the irreplaceable function performed by the brain to sustain the unity of the organism. Consequently, the function cessation of the brain-as-a-whole is an adequate adjustment of the brain death criterion. To be recognized as a legitimate criterion from a philosophical point of view and to provide a better framework for the development of laws, the death criterion must presuppose a comprehensive anthropological vision that considers all dimensions of the human being. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-864a2511e88c449ab2196673aca391862025-01-17T15:14:25ZcatUniversidad de BarcelonaRevista de Bioética y Derecho1886-58872024-10-01637610.1344/rbd2024.62.4387241480Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realismSergio Götte0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1145-8562Universidad Católica del Uruguay (UCU)This article analyzes from a biophilosophical point of view whether it is advisable to adjust the current brain death criteria, according to recent discoveries about brain function. The appropriate foundation for a death criterion is recognizing that a human being is more than his or her physical aspect, within which the brain plays a decisive role. Current neurology states that the brain functions globally. Thus, the irreversible loss of integrated brain activity indicates the end of the irreplaceable function performed by the brain to sustain the unity of the organism. Consequently, the function cessation of the brain-as-a-whole is an adequate adjustment of the brain death criterion. To be recognized as a legitimate criterion from a philosophical point of view and to provide a better framework for the development of laws, the death criterion must presuppose a comprehensive anthropological vision that considers all dimensions of the human being.https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/RBD/article/view/43872brain deathorganism as a wholebrain as a wholedeath determinationphilosophical realismdeath criterion |
| spellingShingle | Sergio Götte Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism Revista de Bioética y Derecho brain death organism as a whole brain as a whole death determination philosophical realism death criterion |
| title | Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism |
| title_full | Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism |
| title_fullStr | Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism |
| title_short | Contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion: an approach from anthropological realism |
| title_sort | contributions to the biophilosophical foundations of brain death criterion an approach from anthropological realism |
| topic | brain death organism as a whole brain as a whole death determination philosophical realism death criterion |
| url | https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/RBD/article/view/43872 |
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