10: Death Flashcards
Kinds of Goods
Noble Good
Useful good
Pleasurable Good
goodness pursued for its own sake
Noble Good
found only from what an object can provide
Useful Good
goodness in providing pleasure and happiness that allows us to see its meaning
Pleasurable Good
state of feeling discomfort or pain
Suffering
experience of bodily pain
Physical Suffering
pain involving mind and emotions
Mental Suffering
stopping of heartbeat and breathing
Legal-Medical Definition
Death
things to consider in the legal-medical definition of death
- Life extending machines
2. Organ Transplants
no brain activity = dead
(New) Legal-Medical Definition
the irreversible cessation of circulatory and
respiratory functions or the irreversible cessation of all
functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem.
DEATH
(RA 7170)
Organ Donation Act of 1991 Section 2 Paragraph J
concept of afterlife
DEATH
Religious definition
believes in the existence of heaven, hell, and purgatory
Christianity
do not believe in the idea of purgatory
Protestant Christianity
undergoes rebith/reincarnation
Indian Religions