Faversham Stoa is a philosophy discussion group meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 7.30 to 9.30pm in the Death
Some articles on subject of death: what our attitude to our own death should be and the medical definition death. The issue of the definition of death is critical when thinking about organ transplant.
- Death, by Thomas Nagel – The philosopher, Thomas Nagel, argues that it is not being in the "state" of death that is bad but loss of the life that we would have had. If you don't read anthing else, then read this.
- Summary of Nagel's article – A useful outline of the above article (found on the web).
- The UK Definition of Death by David Jones – David Jones looks at the definition of death that has been developed under UK law and argues that it has been largely motivated by the desire to justify moving patients off expensive life-support systems and allow for the effective harvesting of organs for transplant.
