The following is a conversation between Socrates‚ who has mysteriously appeared in Philadelphia on November 9th‚ 2016‚ and Vivian Beck‚ a pro-choice woman among the crowd. The crowd chants outside to protest the election of Donald Trump‚ a republican candidate‚ as the President of the United States. Trump’s policies on defunding Planned Parenthood‚ overturning Roe v‚ Wade‚ and returning abortion laws to the state‚ has caused outrage from both pro-choice men and women. Tonight‚ they are protesting
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Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia The issue we are discussing in this paper is Assisted Suicide. The basic conflict is when a person who is sick or suffering rationally decides to end their life- should they be allowed to? Particularly through the help of a physician (Weir‚ 3). Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia‚ though similar‚ have a small difference. Assisted suicide is when the physician listens to the patient’s wishes and provides them with the information needed to commit suicide painlessly. Euthanasia
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How we Achieve Happiness Name of Student: Course Title: Instructor’s Name: April 14‚ 2014 In the history of happiness‚ Socrates had a different place in the history of the West since he was the pioneering philosopher to reason that happiness occurred through human effort. Socrates existed in Greece around 460 BC in a place where happiness existed as a preserve of the people favored by the god only. The perception of hubris existed where one could only attain happiness
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Professor English 1301 October 18‚ 2013 Teen Suicide Suicide is when a person intentionally inflicts harm to one’s self. Teenagers have been known to have the highest rate of suicides when compared to other age groups. The reasoning behind teenage suicides is stress‚ self-esteem‚ self-doubt‚ and depression. Stress is caused by many factors. The importance of approval of parental figures can have cause stress. Parents prefer
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Living” Socrates believed that people do not think for themselves he also believe that if an individual cannot “think” that person is not open for others to question his/hers thoughts. The outcome of this dilemma in Socrates mind is “life is not worth living”. According to our presentational lectures “Philosophy” is a critical examination of our thoughts “Critical thinking”. If we cannot think our way through life‚ then life has no meaning‚ and it is not worth living. I believe Socrates quote is
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nothing else. We should act only out of demands of the law‚ not from inclination‚ desires or to achieve a particular goal. Duty dictates we should never act or will something if we do not want it to become a universal law. Kant was against any form of suicide. He strongly believed that: in taking a life you treat humanity merely as a means to an end. Kant wouldn’t be interested in the suffering or pain caused to even a person who was terminally ill and wanted to end their life‚ nor would he take into
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between Socrates and his friends on the days of his eminent execution. Given the circumstances‚ the conversation naturally turns to questions concerning death and soul of the after-life. The friends of Socrates is sad at his impending death‚ but Socrates is cheerful of death and he promises to tell them why. “I desire to prove to you that a real philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die‚ and after death he may hope to obtain the greatest good in the other world”. Socrates explains
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with a mutual agreement‚ Socrates and Callacles fight each other’s views and quarrel to come to a conclusion of the meaning of a good life. What is a good life in Socrates’ perspective? In order to get his point across‚ Socrates first phrases the question of what is more shameful - doing what is unjust or suffering what is unjust. For him‚ doing what is unjust is more shameful than suffering it. Even Polus‚ another philosophical figure that often clashed views with Socrates‚ ended up agreeing with
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of love as brought to us by Agathon‚ Phaedrus and Socrates‚ to name a few. Each man at the dinner party has a different point of view on the issue of love. Some of the men are old lovers‚ and some are just friends‚ and each puts in his thoughts of love as the evening wears on. Socrates’ theories of love are a little different than everyone else’s’. Being the great philosopher that he was‚ he had quite a different take on the issue. Socrates strove to find the truth in love. He was the "ideal
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The most effective points Marino emphasizes is the distinctions being made in the article. Those distinctions are clarifying everything that Marino is stating about the quotes used and to back up the thesis. The distinctions are the clarification of all of Marino’s points that illustrate the thesis. He describes how the thesis or any points regarding the thesis are how he expects it to be. Marino clarifies his quotes as he adds and explains what his point of view is towards the main topic
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