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Defining death is no longer simple. Brain death can be irreversible while the heart can keep beating for years. Consider the great costs of prolonging life artificially and the great needs to harvest organs to save the living.
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Peter Godfrey-Smith is a professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Sydney.
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