The organs of speech and their work To produce sound people use their organ of speech and this process consists of a number of the successive steps. First of all the air stream realized by the lungs does through the windpipe and comes to the larynx‚ which contains the vocal cords. The vocal cords are two elastic folds (opening between them is called the glottis) which are either brought together and vibrate (in this case we hear vowels or voiced consonants) or kept apart (in this case there is
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Is it ethical to buy or sell human organs? For this ethical issue‚ a college student with heavy financial burdens chooses to sell his kidney to meet his urgent financial needs‚ however‚ he later learns that it is illegal to sell his own kidney. Therefore‚ why should it be illegal for him to sale his own kidney if we have free will over our own bodies and we have the right to what we can or cannot do with our bodies? If medical companies can turn a profit on dead people’s donated bodies and organs
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Utilitarianism‚ yet another ethical theory between right or wrong. If everyone acted in an effort to promote the greatest good for the greater number of people our universe would exist with a utilitarian state of mind. Although‚ when one looks at this statement on the surface without further analyzing it‚ most would assume that existing in a universe where everyone seeks the happiness for the greatest amount of people that it would be greater one to live in. Although‚ surface wise we can make
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There has always been a debate between creating a legal market for organs rather than accepting the fact that the black market will always exist. If there had to be a decision made regarding the legalization of organ purchases‚ my answer would be a definite no. Many people can argue and come up with plenty of reasons as to why it should or should not be legalized but in the end the meaning of an “Organ Donor” would be taken away. Creating a business based on human life would take a complete turn
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each day‚ die from waiting for organ transplants that will never happen‚ and around 1600 Canadians are put on the organ wait list every year. Depressing‚ is it not? There was this one case that was displayed on social media recently‚ where this child had suffered terrible congestive heart failure and the only definitive treatment was cardiac transplant. Around the same time another mother lost her 1 year old healthy child to trauma who chose to donate her son’s organs. This saved this little girl as
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In the final scene of the movie Crimes and Misdemeanors‚ I believe the fictional philosopher Louse Levy’s message was very similar to philosophy Jean-Paul Sartre and his theory on existentialism. One of Sartre’s quotes‚ “Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself.” Levy is trying to convey that we are in control of our choices and we choose our own happiness. In the final scene of the film Levy states‚ “We’re all faced throughout our lives with making conscience moral decisions. Some
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Selling Organs on the Black Market Every teenager wants to own the newest iPhone or iPad but to save up for those working at the local McDonald’s it would take some time. But in China‚ you can get it just by selling a kidney. In face according to a BBC news article dated April 6‚ 2012 five people were arrested for convincing a teenager to sell his kidney in an online chat room for the equivalent of $3‚000. The teenager is now suffering from kidney failure‚ and just for a couple of new toys
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of organs in the United States is leading to dilemmas and moral issues for physicians. They are taking a closer look at the feasible recipients and their potential for future success. The key to a successful transplant is carefully selecting those patients who are good matches and who need it urgently. For example‚ patients who have matching blood types should receive organs before those whose bodies may reject the implant. One problem that physicians are dealing with is providing organs to
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According to Immanuel Kant’s ethical theory‚ an act is only morally right if we can will it to be a universal law of conduct. This ideal is what Kant called the "categorical imperative." The categorical imperative has been successfully achieved when all of the following conditions have been met: the act in question is possible for everyone to follow; all rational people must be able to accept the act as if they were receiving the treatment themselves‚ and last‚ the act can never treat people as means
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Organ printing seems to be a revolutionary technology that would help to improve the quality of life of many people‚ however‚ getting to the point where 3D-printed organs become a viable replace to organ donation is not that easy. Now at days‚ a person on the donor waiting list has to wait many months (and even years) to get a transplant of heart‚ liver or any other organ that they might need; if printing organs become a mainstream treatment ‚any doctor could use the cells of said person to grow
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