I develop and refine an argument for the total brain death criterion of death previously
advanced by Germain Grisez and me: A human being is essentially a rational animal, and …

Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and Frank Miller's article is an intelligent, interesting and important
discussion. 1 Its central thesis is that what makes killing wrong is not that killing causes …

The established view regarding 'brain death'in medicine and medical ethics is that patients
determined to be dead by neurological criteria are dead in terms of a biological conception …

The paper comments on Scott Dunbar's" An obstructed death and medical ethics," arguing
contra Dunbar that we should not view truth-telling to the terminally ill as primarily governed …

Medical ethicists debate whether or not the moral assessment of cases of euthanasia should
depend on whether the patient is' killed'or'allowed to die'. The usual presupposition is that a …

A man is born in 1925 and dies of a heart attack in 1988.1 He arranges to have his body
frozen in the hopes that one day, science will revive him. 2 His family is distraught …

Originally published in 1985, this book examines the concept of death against the
background of dramatic changes in medical technology. The book argues that 'brain …

RESPECT FOR THE DEAD AND DYING Page 1 ANTHONY PREUS RESPECT FOR THE
DEAD AND DYING ABSTRACT. Against the thesis that permanently unconscious persons …

Several papers in this issue relate to the questions of-or as some would have it, the question
of-(a) when and why to forego life-prolonging treatment and (b) whether intentional killing of …

“In the debate about euthanasia, imprecision of language abounds.” 1 Indeed it does, and
such a lack of precision befuddles public discussion of this emotional issue. Much of the …