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
ultimately based on rewards and punishments
Afterlife
the transition from being to non-being,
meaning this is the termination of all the
possibilities that we have as temporal beings.
DEATH
Existential Definition
to have possibilities
“to be - to exist”
“to lose all possibilities”
“not to be - not to exist”
induced death
Killing
generally considered a morally impermissible act
Suicide
practice of killing someone to prevent further suffering
Euthanasia
Easy Death
acts intending to bring about the death of a fetus for the sake of the woman
Abortion
undermines the value of life
UNNATURAL DEATH
