Moravian College Differences Between Dying, Death, And Being Dead Discussion

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1. Briefly explain the differences between "dying", "death", and "being dead".

2. Discuss the difference between Denouement and Threshold conceptions of death. Use an example to explain the difference.

3. (a) What are the Clinical criteria for pronouncing someone as dead? (b) Discuss at least two objections to this notion.

4. (a) What is the Brain Death criterion? (b) How the Brain Death criterion is related to the Integration Conception of death? Explain it.

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Snapchat ,11 4G 5:59 PM @ 1 78% < Lecture 1-What is Dea... Metaphysics of Death First Topic: What is Death? What is life? A thing is alive just when it has a reasonably substantial capacity to maintain itself using processes that are controlled by durable replicators within it. Snapchat ,11 4G 5:59 PM @ 1 78% < Lecture 1-What is Dea... Aging and Death • Biological aging is the process by which organism are gradually less able to maintain and renew themselves. • Aging sets the stage for death, but is not itself a form of death. • Cells that have reached replicative senescence can still repair and maintain themselves for a time, Dying, Death, and Being Dead • 1. Dying as a process • 2. Death as an event • 3. Being dead as a state. Snapchat ,11 4G 5:59 PM @ 1 78% < Lecture 1-What is Dea... & Different Conceptions of Death • 1. Denouement Death: “Death" might refer to the completion of the dying process, the loss of the very last of life. • 2. Threshold Death: “Death" might refer to an earlier point in the dying process. One might say that an organism dies, not when its vital processes come completely to an end, but when they reach the point of no return, and death's completion is assured, no matter what is done to forestall it. • 3. Integration Death: “Death" might refer to when the various physiological systems of the body irreversibly cease to function as an integrated whole. Death, Suspension, and Ceasing to Exist • 1. Does the temporary ending of life suffice for death or death entails a permanent loss of life? • 2. Can organisms cease to exist without dying? • 3. What is the difference between “human being" and “human person"? Is it possible for a human person dies while the human being is still alive? Snapchat ,11 4G 5:59 PM @ 1 78% < Lecture 1-What is Dea... Three Views on Death for Us • 1. Given animalism, we are human beings, and death will be the irreversible cessation of the vital processes by which our existence as human beings is sustained. • 2. On the mind essentialist view, it is our existence as minds that death will end. • 3. For the person essentialist, death ends our existence as being capable of self-awareness. Criteria for Death: 1. Clinical Death • 1. First version: People and their bodies are considered dead just when their hearts and lungs stopped functioning, at which point they are in a condition called "clinical death". • 2. Second version: death is irreversible. Death happens when the clinical • 3. Problems: (a) Even if the heart and lungs irreversibly cease to function, death need not ensue, since their tasks might be performed artificially. (b) The heart and lungs are not the only parts of the body that are essential to life.
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Differences Between "Dying," "Death," And "Being Dead."
According to Luper (2009), dying is the process by which a human being's body
eventually reaches an irreversible point, or the cell cannot repair themselves to support life.
Death is the event that occurs when a dying process comes to an end. Finally, being dead is a
state of not having life, that is the body lacking the reasonable capacity to maintain itself.
Denouement Versus Threshold Conceptions of Death
Death is ambiguous and can be perceived in different conceptions, that is, Denouement,
integration, and threshold conceptions of deat...


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