Reviews
Lizza's volume stands apart from similar works concerned with understanding humans, persons, and death.
A finely detailed, and closely argued philosophical study of the definition of death with well-articulated consequences for public policy and clinical practice. Lizza's volume is well worth a read for those in any relevant discipline.
The well-developed arguments and critiques cover the spectrum of issues concerning how we should define and clinically determine human death. This book thus serves as an important resource for both scholarship and teaching.
An elegantly written, thoughtful and informative book that makes a provocative contribution to an important and ongoing debate.
Rich and well-argued book.
John P. Lizza has written an important work in Persons, Humanity, and the Definition of Death.
An excellent and much needed contribution to the discussion of a fundamental philosophical question underlying our current debates about the definition of death.
Book Details
Preface
Introduction: The Biological Paradigm of Death
1. Establishment of the Biological Paradigm
2. Defining Death: Beyond Biology
3. Concepts of Person
4. Persons as Substances
5. The Constitutive View
Preface
Introduction: The Biological Paradigm of Death
1. Establishment of the Biological Paradigm
2. Defining Death: Beyond Biology
3. Concepts of Person
4. Persons as Substances
5. The Constitutive View of Persons
6. Persons as Human Organisms
7. Persons as Qualities or Phases of Human Organisms
8. Public Policy and the Definition of Death
Notes
References
Index