At one point in the enduringly popular movie Princess Bride, the hero Wesley apparently dies. But his companions take him to Miracle Max who reassures them by saying: “it just so happens that your friend here is only mostly dead. There is a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly […]

Author Archives: Matthew Hanley
Matthew Hanley’s new book, Determining Death by Neurological Criteria: Current Practice and Ethics, is a joint publication of the National Catholic Bioethics Center and Catholic University of America Press. It recently won the international Ratio et Spes award