Is it truly a head transplant?
I read a great news of head transplant to be done by Dr Sergio Canavero and his team. Mr. Alery Spiridonov , a wheel chair user, is hoped to be the first person to undergo a head transplant. But, more than the news the title grabbed my attention. Is it truly a head transplant or a body? The definition of "Transplant" given by oxford dictionary seems to be different from my opinion. It says " Take (living tissue or an organ) and implant it in another part of the body or in another body." Also, the word "head transplant" ignores the value of identity. For me, it is a body transplant as the body is being donated for the head also after the operation it is the body that gets new identity not the head. The definition In the definition, if we consider the term "body" as the major or an important part instead of the body of a living being than it turns out to be a body transplant. As undoubtedly the major part is brain. It can be...
