El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal
This article expounds the debate within the Roman Catholic Church regarding the acceptability of whole-brain death as a valid criterion to determine human death. After reviewing the most dominant stances among catholic scholars on brain death, this article analyses their compatibility with the doctr...
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| description | This article expounds the debate within the Roman Catholic Church regarding the acceptability of whole-brain death as a valid criterion to determine human death. After reviewing the most dominant stances among catholic scholars on brain death, this article analyses their compatibility with the doctrine about brain death in the 2000’s speech of John Paul II on the matter in order to determine whether the doctrine requires a review, as some scholars argue. After confirming that this debate is really open, since the arguments support both sides of the debate, the article argues that it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of what means to be a living organism. At the same time, it argues that generally, a whole-brain death provides the necessary moral certainty to legitimately proceed to organ harvesting for transplantation. Nevertheless, there should be room in legislations for conscientious objection regarding the application of the neurological criterion.
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| spelling | Borgoño Barros, Cristian 2025-04-15T10:30:14Z 2026-07-10T02:15:12Z 2025-04-15T10:30:14Z 2026-07-10T02:15:12Z 2025-04-15T10:30:14Z 2021 10.4067/S0049-34492021000100059 07176295 https://doi.org/10.4067/S0049-34492021000100059 https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/103257 https://dspace-oducal.infotegra.com/handle/oducal/5300 This article expounds the debate within the Roman Catholic Church regarding the acceptability of whole-brain death as a valid criterion to determine human death. After reviewing the most dominant stances among catholic scholars on brain death, this article analyses their compatibility with the doctrine about brain death in the 2000’s speech of John Paul II on the matter in order to determine whether the doctrine requires a review, as some scholars argue. After confirming that this debate is really open, since the arguments support both sides of the debate, the article argues that it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of what means to be a living organism. At the same time, it argues that generally, a whole-brain death provides the necessary moral certainty to legitimately proceed to organ harvesting for transplantation. Nevertheless, there should be room in legislations for conscientious objection regarding the application of the neurological criterion. es acceso abierto open access Brain death Conscientious objection Moral certainty Organ transplantation El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal artículo |
| spellingShingle | El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal Brain death Conscientious objection Moral certainty Organ transplantation |
| title | El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal |
| title_full | El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal |
| title_fullStr | El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal |
| title_full_unstemmed | El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal |
| title_short | El debate intracatólico sobre la muerte encefálica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal |
| title_sort | el debate intracatolico sobre la muerte encefalica estado actual y posibilidades para el desarrollo doctrinal |
| topic | Brain death Conscientious objection Moral certainty Organ transplantation |
| topic_facet | Brain death Conscientious objection Moral certainty Organ transplantation |
| url | https://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/103257 |