title: Should individuals choose their definition of death?
abstract: Alireza Bagheri supports a policy on organ procurement where individuals could choose their own definition of death between two or more socially accepted alternatives. First, we claim that such a policy, without any criterion to distinguish accepted from acceptable definitions, easily leads to the slippery slope that Bagheri tries to avoid. Second, we suggest that a public discussion about the circumstances under which the dead donor rule could be violated is more productive of social trust than constantly moving the line between life and death.
authors.affiliation: School of Philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France . alberto.molina@malix.univ-paris1.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Arias
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Youngner