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  • Medical Ethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Neuroscience

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  • Current debates on death determination primarily focus on biological definitions.
  • This biological focus overlooks significant ethical and social dimensions of death.
  • Existing criteria for determining death lack comprehensive consideration of societal values.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critique the exclusive reliance on biological definitions for determining death.
  • To advocate for the integration of ethical and social factors into death determination.
  • To propose a framework for understanding 'civil death' that includes these broader considerations.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of existing death determination criteria.
  • Ethical and social science perspectives on the concept of death.
  • Argumentation for a synthesized approach to defining death.

Main Results:

  • Exclusive biological focus is insufficient for defining death.
  • Ethical and social factors are integral to the acceptability of death criteria.
  • A neurological criterion offers a robust synthesis of biological, ethical, and social aspects.

Conclusions:

  • The determination of death must transcend purely biological definitions.
  • A neurological criterion for death is proposed as the most reasonable synthesis.
  • This approach better reflects the complex ethical and social realities surrounding death.