Research Catalog

Title

Persons, humanity, and the definition of death / John P. Lizza.

Author

Lizza, John P., 1957-

Publication

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2006.

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Details

Description

xii, 212 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"In this timely work, John P. Lizza presents the first comprehensive analysis of personhood and humanity in the context of defining death. Rejecting the common assumption that human or personal death is simply a biological phenomenon for biologists or physicians to define, Lizza argues that the definition of death is also a matter for metaphysical reflection, moral choice, and cultural acceptance."--Jacket.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books.

Subject

• Death > Proof and certification
• Brain death
• Humanity
• Persons
• Medical jurisprudence
• Death
• Brain Death
• Jurisprudence
• Personhood
• Public Policy
• Forensic Medicine

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical notes and bibliography (p. [181]-205) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Establishment of the biological paradigm -- Defining death: beyond biology -- Concepts of person -- Persons as substances -- The constitutive view of persons -- Persons as human organisms -- Persons as qualities or phases of human organisms -- Public policy and the definition of death.

ISBN

0801882508 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2005013360

OCLC

60360663

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library