Robert spaemann brain death

          Accordingly, brain dead patients have to be correctly regarded as dying, hence living people in the state of irreversible brain failure.

        1. This article presents Robert Spaemann's philosophical case that "brain death" suffices neither as a definition of death nor as the sole criterion of death.
        2. “The identification of 'brain death' and the death of the human being can be maintained only if the personality of man is disconnected from being a human in.
        3. This article presents Robert Spaemann's philosophical case that “brain death” suffices neither as a definition of death nor as the sole criterion of death.
        4. Professor Robert Spaemann makes a number of criticisms of the practice of diagnosing death by the brain criterion.

          5. “The identification of 'brain death' and the death of the human being can be maintained only if the personality of man is disconnected from being a human in....

          Robert Spaemann

          German philosopher (1927–2018)

          Robert Spaemann (5 May 1927 – 10 December 2018) was a German Catholic philosopher.[1] He is considered a member of the Ritter School.

          Spaemann's focus was on Christian ethics. He was known for his work in bioethics, ecology and human rights. Although not yet widely translated into languages other than his native German, Spaemann was internationally known, and his work was highly regarded by Pope Benedict XVI[2][citation needed] He was also a personal advisor of Pope John Paul II and a friend of Joseph Ratzinger.[3]

          Life

          Robert Spaemann was born in Berlin in 1927 to Heinrich Spaemann and Ruth Krämer.

          His parents were originally radical atheists, but both entered the Catholic Church in 1930, and after his mother's early death, his father was ordained a Catholic priest in 1942.[4]

          Spaemann studied at the University of Münster, where in 1962, he was awarded his Habilitation