Should individuals choose their definition of death?
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.
Molina
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School of Philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France . alberto.molina@malix.univ-paris1.fr
Rodríguez-Arias
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Youngner
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