TY - JOUR AU - Nguyen, Doyen PY - 2018/09/30 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Death: The Loss of Life-Constitutive Integration JF - Diametros JA - Diametros VL - 16 IS - 60 SE - Discussions DO - 10.33392/diam.1244 UR - https://diametros.uj.edu.pl/diametros/article/view/1244 SP - 72-78 AB - <p>This discussion note aims to address the two points which Lizza raises regarding my critique&nbsp;of his paper “Defining Death: Beyond Biology,” namely that I mistakenly attribute a Lockean view&nbsp;to his ‘higher brain death’ position and that, with respect to the ‘brain death’ controversy, both the&nbsp;notions of the organism as a whole and somatic integration are unclear and vague. First, it is known&nbsp;from the writings of constitutionalist scholars that the constitution view of human persons, a theory&nbsp;which Lizza also holds, has its roots in John Locke’s thought. Second, contrary to Lizza’s claims, the&nbsp;notions of the organism as a whole and somatic integration are both more than adequately described&nbsp;in the biomedical and biophilosophical literature.</p> ER -