Arguementive Essay

February 13, 2012

Writ 200

Professor Brenner

Argument Essay 1

Wouldn’t you like to live to be 100 plus? That is a question that many wonder if it is even humanly possible with the lack of health care/problems. The number of people that is dying are anywhere from cancer, AIDS, diabetes, genetic disorders or simply disease associated with old age. Every day people are dying, while the family has to watch them helplessly as they dwindle away. If there were such a thing of a “cure,” would you want to obtain this? Even though some may feel that this is just the circle of life, I believe that scientist should be able to study on how to be able to prevent/cure diseases and expand human life expectancy to more than 100 years.

First, to watch a love-one die very slowly each and every day to a disease that has no cure is very heart breaking. Or planning to make funeral arrangements with that person as they try to cling on to life just to make sure arrangements are just right. Some just pass away simply because they had to knowledge of their illness due to lack of medical prevention. When this happens the family tends to struggle and seek government assistance just to get up enough money to cremate them because of the sudden occurrence. I am currently going through this with my father because he has cancer and is in denial. He has no life insurance and only has 2 children. I am the eldest of the 2. So, when and if he does die, those responsibilities will fall on me.

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Second, there are so many plastic surgery doctors out there performing procedures daily as people try to beat father time. There is also facial cream and other agents that promise to do the same as these surgeons’ do except it is in a bottle, although results may vary. There is definitely a market for it and people have these procedures more frequently. They are open about it as if they were going to see their primary physician. The down fail to this is that many have lost their lives trying to stay young. Then you have to ask yourself, are those scarifies worth their life or health? Many would say yes because they look rejuvenated and that they feel young again. Others may say no because they have horror stories as a result of the choices they made to stay youthful.

Finally, there are some that feels that it is life and nothing more. That people should accept what condition that GOD gave you and pray for a connection with him to help you through. Or that GOD made you the way that you are and that people should just accept that. With that being said, who gets to decide what makes a person feel happy? No one can make such an ethical subjectivism statement because it is only how they feel. Only that person knows what they like or don’t like about themselves.

Consider the future of the world: people would not suffer anymore and could have the choice of somewhat a form of eternal life. For those reasons alone, I believe that scientist should continue their search for a cure and fight against aging for the human life expectancy to live more than 10 years. At the end of the day many people would love to have their love-ones just a little bit longer as well as them wanting to live.