prolong suffering unnecessarily it is morally acceptable to choose the more humane option 2. the conventional model makes decisions on irrelevant grounds bowel obstruction is irrelevant grounds to make a life or death decision 3. conventional makes no moral distinction between killing and letting die 4. most common arguments in favor of passive euthanasia are invalid medical ethics suggest that withholding treatment is permissible but actively killing the patient is forbidden Example: Painful throat
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tribute!’” These famous words from Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games have done nothing less than inspired a generation of readers with tales of wonderfully horrible‚ eerily realistic‚ soul-crushing‚ heart-pounding adventure. It is a story of rebellion‚ romance‚ and most importantly‚ of societal discord. The futuristic world of Panem is but one of many similar settings that has exploded into the literary market: the archetypal dystopian society. The Hunger Games‚ The Maze Runner‚ Uglies‚ Divergent‚ Matched
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Why Teach Moral Values When most people talk about a school curriculum‚ they think about math‚ science‚ social studies‚ and language courses. Seldom do I hear or read about moral values as being part of the curriculum. The problem is that the neglect of teaching moral values in schools is hurting our students and causing problems in society. If a person has never learned any moral values‚ how is she or he able to discern the difference between right and wrong? That is basically the essence of
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society ’s stereotypes? Perhaps it is a tautological circle in which people usually wear the masks they are meant to wear and thus continue creating the same classifications over and over. One of the greatest modern writers‚ Angela Carter‚ deals often with stereotypes in her adaptations of classical fairy tales. Andrew Milne explains the power this practice has had in society‚ "rewriting of traditional European tales forces the reader to question himself and to think a great deal about the imaginary
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Final Essay—Spring 2013 Directions: Choose one of the following essay prompts below. You will compose a five paragraph essay that contains the following: * An introduction that contains an attention getter and a thesis statement (argument) * Three body paragraphs each of them containing one supporting reason for your thesis. All body paragraphs should have a topic sentence‚ introduction to a quote‚ a quote (evidence)‚ and an explanation of your quote. NONE OF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPHS SHOULD
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Food‚ everyone knows what food is. Some people know what it’s like to have an overabundance of this precious resource‚ but some less fortunate‚ can’t afford‚ or gather enough food to feed themselves‚ let alone their families. In the late 1960’s the first food bank was made after a man named John Van Hengel heard a coworker‚ in a soup kitchen‚ told him about how there should be a way to store unwanted food for people who needed it later. The beginning of making sure that anyone who couldn’t put
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Me as a writer I think most international students like me whose English is not their first language always feel one thing in common. That is : writing is hard. I always thought that because its two different cultures‚ we learned something totally different from America. But after taking this class‚ I start to think that no matter where we come from‚ there is something in common between our writing styles. I think the factors contributed to a good writing is the same. The first characteristics
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deal of power dynamics. The first kind of power is political power‚ which is excellently displayed by Katniss in The Hunger Games. By being the girl on fire‚ she is politically challenging the Capitol. A moment with Haymitch also shows her political power when he explains to her‚ “You’re in trouble. Word is the Capitol’s furious about you showing them up in the arena.” (The Hunger Games p. 356) This conversation highlights the political power Katniss was unaware of possessing. A second type of power
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Mind Versus Brain The mind and the brain are extremely complex matters. It has often been debated whether or not the two can even be considered separate. Some scientists and philosophers believe that the mind and the brain are one‚ in the sense that the brain controls the mind; however‚ this idea is quite debatable. It is extremely difficult for us to fully understand the mind versus the brain in terms of their respective functions. “Many aspects of cognition will never be explained through a scientific
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Moral Values versus Academic Subject Matters Good morning faculty and Students “Welcome back to a new and rewarding School year” was the first thing I heard Principle Williams say as he made the announcements. The next thing on the agenda was to go over the rules of the school and classroom. It is the first day of school at Westover Elementary and the students are back in school for one hundred and eighty days. WOW! I just love my job. Well it is time to get down to business. We must go
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