Student Professor English 102.211 August 13‚ 2008 Medical Marijuana‚ Individual Autonomy‚ and State Authority: The Reclamation of Rights In recent years‚ the debate over medical marijuana has become increasingly contentious and highly polarized. Patients‚ medical practitioners‚ citizens‚ lawyers‚ politicians‚ and lobbyists‚ to name a few‚ have joined the processes of deliberation and legislative activism; some advocate for the primacy of patient rights‚ while others stress points of medical
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Yıl: 14 Sayı: 43 (Bahar 2010) 141 MISCONCEPTIONS ON LEARNER AUTONOMY: A METHODOLOGICAL AND CONCEPTUAL RENEWAL Asuman AŞIK (*) Abstract Learner autonomy emerges as the result of many methodological innovations in second/foreign language teaching over the last dec1ades‚ especially in communicative language teaching and learner-centered approaches. As the learner has become the center of the foreign language teaching‚ autonomy has been attributed to the learner as one of the essential capabilities
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Throughout the story line‚ Jane is searching to find love. She was looking‚ not just for the love of a man‚ but for the love of a family but Jane’s search for love sometimes ends up challenging her independence. Jane’s independence is related to autonomy which is seen throughout the story and is often used as the center for determining moral responsibility for one’s actions. While Jane is wishing for love‚ she is not willing to give up her independence for it. When Jane becomes older and her independence
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have the autonomy to take certain medication or not. Although it is risky‚ some clients may not feel that the medication is necessary. Sometimes in the antenatal ward‚ for example the clients at risk of premature labour‚ they have the autonomy to choose whether they want pain relief or not‚ or whether or not to be induced into labour. This can give clients the confidence to make their own choices‚ and make them feel like they’re living the way they’d like to. Another example of autonomy is choosing
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Hampson defines autonomy as “self-law”‚ and as inconsistent with belief in a Christian God (Hampson‚ pg.1). She makes the case that autonomy is dependent on the ability to “live in one’s own time‚ think one’s own thoughts‚ and come to one’s own conclusions” (Hampson‚ pg. 14). She argues that Christian’s are unable to do so because of the historical nature of the religion. However‚ if one considers autonomy as defined as exerting “free will”‚ then there is room to believe autonomy and a Christian
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being motivated by needs to reduce tension and to react to their environment. Personality is a growing system‚ allowing new elements to constantly enter into and change the person. B. Functional Autonomy Allport’s most distinctive and controversial concept is his theory of functional autonomy‚ it is Allport’s explanation for the myriad human motives that seemingly are not accounted for by hedonistic or drive reduction principles‚ which holds that some (but not all) human motives are functionally
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accomplishments in military history by driving a power of 5‚000 men through the towering Andes crests to attack Chile. In the wake of securing Chilean freedom‚ with an armada charged by the courageous Lord Cochrane‚ he attacked Peru and proclaimed autonomy in Lima in 1821‚ with himself as
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The proposition of DIY Biology has sprung up many ethical concerns and controversy. As its long-term consequences are still unknown‚ many concerns have arisen of its unknown human effects. In addition to this‚ the possibility of allergens has also been an issue. As one organism/species contains a gene that may include be allergy inducing is spliced into another life form‚ the risk of allergic reactions is opened back up. The government should regulate and fund DIY Biology as it extends the life of
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The use of enhancments cause a particularly loss of autonomy because it is ultimatly futile. If everyone had to use enhancmentsto be competitive‚ enhancments would not offer anyone any advantage. An athlete might hope by using enhancments he or she would achieve a greater advantage than the next person.If we are primarily intrested in preventing harm‚ we ought to invest our money in research on developing safer enhancments‚ rather than preventing their use. Athletes are never created equal at the
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My paper will present Jeremy Bentham’s views and ideas on "Principles of moral legislation". Then I well assemble Immanuel Kant’s criticism in "The goodwill and autonomy". I conclude by arguing that Immanuel Kant has the best suitable notion of success for us the students in order to succeed in the community. You can succeed by living in forms of your values or by achieving something that you are passionate about. Like finishing college or enjoying your work./job. I think and believe that
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