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KMID : 1142820210050020105
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Bio, Ethics and Policy
2021 Volume.5 No. 2 p.105 ~ p.123
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Introspection: Death and the Dead
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Lim Byeong-Sik
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Abstract
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This study has been conducted to discuss social concerns about post-mortem donations and corpses, including exploring how one would want a body or organs to be utilized. Shifting our conception of death and the dead enables a greater understanding of the ultimate goal of bioethics. The dead should be respected and considered in a humanistic approach to the use of a corpse. These contemplations bring forth the primary research purpose, which is to establish an opt-in environment for body donation and utilization. Second, the author discusses the most salubrious and valid discourse of death among three types. A healthy discourse on death restores the honor of death and the dead while laying a great foundation for a meaningful organ donation culture for the bereaved family by converting structures of our conceptions of human death from a biological death to a willed-meaning-seeking death. Those broader discourses influence the environment so that post-mortem donation and utilization are managed as social mourning in the future and ultimately re-grant humanity by reconstructing the spiritual value of the ‘corpse.’ This method of mourning can be sublimated into a humanistic use beyond the mere utilization of the corpse and further develop the practice of dignity for post-mortem donation and utilization.
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KEYWORD
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death and terminality, dying and finalizing, humanity, mourning
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