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BRAIN DEATH

In recent years the question of whether the cessation of brain activity is sufficient to determine the death of the human person has provoked sharp debate among Catholic moral philosophers and scientists. The editors of Communio hope to advance the discussion with the following collection of articles.

PART I appeared in the Spring 2011 issue.

Nicholas Tonti-Filippini: You Only Die Twice: Augustine, Aquinas, the Council of Vienne, and Death by the Brain Criterion
Robert Spaemann: Is Brain Death the Death of a Human Person?

PART II

Nicholas Tonti-Filippini's replies to Robert Spaemann and D. Alan Shewmon, to whom much of Tonti-Filippini's criticism is leveled, also weighs in on the debate. These articles were published in the Fall 2012 issue of Communio:

Nicholas Tonti-Filippini: "Bodily Integration": A Response to Robert Spaemann
D. Alan Shewmon: You Only Die Once: Why Brain Death is Not the Death of a Human Being; A Reply to Nicholas Tonti-Filippini