Why Is It More Difficult to Determine Whether Someone Is

question 67

Multiple Choice

Why is it more difficult to determine whether someone is dead now than it was 100 years ago?

• A) because fewer people die at home today
• B) because medical technology has made it possible to live much longer today
• C) because medical technology has made it possible to create differing definitions of death
• D) because the development of different religions has given rise to different philosophies of the meanings of life and death

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Definitions:

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Harm Required

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