La morte dell’essere umano: conseguenze della prospettiva cartesiana e loro critica

In the present article we define death as "the loss of the duality", for a human being is
 composed of two heterogeneous elements: the mental one and the bodily one, which are
 equally important according to life and death. Death, indeed, occurs when the two
 elements are separated. We investigate bioethical and philosophical scenarios ("brain death
 survivors" documented by D.A. Shewmon, and the thought experiment called "brain in a
 vat"). Our approach outlines the role played by the body regarding life of human being: the
 Cartesian perspective is indeed no longer valid