Posts Tagged ‘definition of death’
The (Death) Singularity is Near
17, Jun 2010Merely Human? That’s So Yesterday Ashlee Vance, The New York Times (June 13, 2010) The Singularity movement sees a time when human beings and machines will merge and overcome illness and perhaps death. The tagline for this New York Times article is only partially correct. The Singularity movement and another group called the Transhumanists see [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Biology|Death + Technology|Death Ethics
- Tags: bioethics, definition of death
Give Terry Pratchett the Freedom to Die…
11, Feb 2010Sir Terry Pratchett Calls for Euthanasia Tribunals Maev Kennedy, The Guardian (February 02, 2010) Terry Pratchett: My Case for a Euthanasia Tribunal Terry Pratchett, The Guardian (February 02, 2010) Last week, the British writer Sir Terry Pratchett (he of Discworld fame) catapulted the ongoing UK discussion on Assisted Dying back into the news. This is [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, bioethics, brain death, definition of death
Questions and Answers about Moment of Death: AWARE Project Uses Technology to Investigate “Out-of-Body Experiences” Today – MSNBC.com (September 28, 2009) Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy According to the Today show’s Q&A, the Awareness During Resuscitation study — AWARE for short — is investigating “what happens to the [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife|Defying Death
- Tags: definition of death, moment of death, research, video
At the End, Offering Not a Cure but Comfort Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times (August 19, 2009) I started and re-started this post on American Health Care reform several times. To watch America’s current Health Care debate (such as it is…) makes me all the happier that I now live in the UK and am [...]
Radiolab: After Life… Now with John Troyer!
28, Jul 2009Radiolab: After Life originally aired July 27, 2009. What happens at the moment when we slip from life… to the other side? Is it a moment? If it is a moment, when is that moment? And what happens afterward? It’s a show of questions that don’t have easy answers. So, in a slight departure from [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife
- Tags: brain death, cardiac death, definition of death, moment of death, podcast