@article{Nguyen_2018, title={Death: The Loss of Life-Constitutive Integration}, volume={16}, url={https://diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/article/view/1244}, DOI={10.33392/diam.1244}, abstractNote={<p>This discussion note aims to address the two points which Lizza raises regarding my critique of his paper “Defining Death: Beyond Biology,” namely that I mistakenly attribute a Lockean view to his ‘higher brain death’ position and that, with respect to the ‘brain death’ controversy, both the notions of the organism as a whole and somatic integration are unclear and vague. First, it is known from the writings of constitutionalist scholars that the constitution view of human persons, a theory which Lizza also holds, has its roots in John Locke’s thought. Second, contrary to Lizza’s claims, the notions of the organism as a whole and somatic integration are both more than adequately described in the biomedical and biophilosophical literature.</p>}, number={60}, journal={Diametros}, author={Nguyen, Doyen}, year={2018}, month={Sep.}, pages={72–78} }