Ethical Dilemmas 1) You are a prosecutor in a jurisdiction that does not use the grand jury system. An elderly man has administered a lethal dose of sleeping tablets to his wife ‚who was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He calmly turned himself in to the police department‚ and the case is on the front page of the paper. It is entirely up to you whether to charge him with murder. What would you do? What criteria did you use to arrive at your decision? 2) You are a probation officer and
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The End of the Road “Hell‚ And How I Got Here” by Brenda Medina and “Puzzle Pieces” by Barbara Parsons Lane are two short stories from the book Couldn’t Keep It To Myself by Wally Lamb. Medina and Lane are two women who are serving time in a maximum security prison. Brenda Lane is serving time for homicide and Barbara Parsons Lane is serving time for manslaughter. Brenda was involved in a gang-related killing while Barbara was convicted of killing her abusive husband. Each of these women lived
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Texting While Driving vs Drinking While Driving For decades‚ drunk driving has been at the forefront of debate. Stricter laws have been passed across the nation leading to a decrease in drunk driving accidents. However‚ a new driving threat is quickly taking its place. That threat is texting while driving and many say that it is actually more dangerous than drunk driving. Texting while driving a vehicle has now replaced drinking while driving as the leading cause of accidents and deaths of teenage
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a sense of belonging and not belonging is portrayed in Rainbow’s End along with my related text Stolen From Myself. The concept of belonging is conveyed through the representations of personal‚ cultural‚ historical and social contexts in both texts. Rainbow’s End is a contemporary indigenous play by Jane Harrison and she conveys her ideas about belonging through the use of characters‚ events‚ places and relationships. Rainbow End is a drama that follows a narrative structure. It essentially revolves
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TRUTH-TELLING 2 The Importance of Truth-Telling Telling the truth is something that comes up for the majority of us in childhood. It is considered impolite to lie and when a lie was told‚ or you were untruthful‚ it was often considered a reflection of your parents’ moral attitudes. Unfortunately‚ we all seem to have been taught differently the exact nature of a truth or lie and the right or wrong way to use that information. In To Lie or Not to Lie? – The Doctor’s Dilemma
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Hello‚ my name is Chelsea Cathcart and before I begin I would like to ask a couple of questions. Have you ever heard of the illuminati? What do you think the illuminati may be? Well‚ if you ask anyone that’s ever heard of will have one answer and one answer only: “they worship the devil.” The thing is that they’re right but there’s more to it than that. Just mentioning the illuminati is the cause of much discussion. The illuminati are of people claiming to possess special enlightenment or knowledge
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in a world and knowing that it could end at any second is a pretty scary realization. Our planet has an unlimited lifespan and there are many predictions as to when this will all be over. Many people are fearing the newest‚ well-known prediction for our end. December 21st‚ 2012 is now entirely feared and the most anticipated date to come. There are many believers and non-believers of this so-called doomsday. Although scientists and others have argued the end of the world‚ closer examination has shown
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but a simplification is still in order‚ mainly because there are combinations that yield a shorter sub-expression. ------------------------------------------------- A = A + C + BD + B’D’ ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 1) (A + C + BD + B’D’)’ ; de morgan’s ------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
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Peace and Quietness? Solitude: The state of being or living alone. Seclusion. Every day of the week hundreds if not thousands of people see me‚ and that’s maybe an understatement. When I say‚ “hundreds if not thousands of people see me‚” I mean like‚ see as in the literal tense. Where my face is looked at‚ examined‚ judged‚ inspected‚ and or… just flat out seen by others. When I mentioned how “that’s maybe an understatement” well that’s true. Just my face‚ or anything physically noticeable about
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The idiom “there are plenty of fish in the sea” is not literally true. In fact‚ the documentary‚ The End of the Line‚ has estimated that by approximately 2050‚ there will be no fish in the sea. Overfishing is a serious issue that involves taking wildlife at increasingly higher rates than the species can replace. Because this issue is hidden under waters‚ people do not realize the seriousness nor do they realize the consequences. This film highlights some of the well-known species‚ such as bluefin
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