trees. They share a single root system and even originated from the same seed. As such‚ they make up the Pando Clone‚ which scientists believe is the world’s largest living thing. Pando is a Latin word that means “I spread.” It is an apt name for this gigantic tree system. The Pando Clone expands across 106 acres of land and weighs approximately 13 million pounds. The aspen copies‚ or clones‚ itself by shooting long stem-like roots up out of the soil. Each stem turns into a new aspen‚ though all the
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Euthanasia: Permissible or Impermissible Life is often noted as being precious; something that many wish to preserve for themselves and their children‚ but when we look at abortion it is mainly turned down because it is said that a fetus is a person with rights as soon as conception. When the subject is made about the right to take someone’s own life then it becomes a more complex argument. Literally meaning a “good death‚” euthanasia is a topic that has been argued from the permissible and impermissible
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Permissible Harm Killing the lesser amount of people to save the greater amount always sounds like it would be the right choice. An example‚ bombing a factory killing ten thousand people or not bombing the factory therefore allowing the factory to produce more bombs to bomb another country possibly killing 50 thousand people. Killing the ten thousand people may sound like the right thing to do because you’ll be saving more lives than you’ll be losing‚ but is saving the most lives always legit? It
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Consequentialism is such a theory in which “An action is permissible if an only if it has the best consequences.” Consequentialism states a connection between permissibility and value: producing the best consequences is what makes an action permissible. So‚ according to consequentialism‚ rightness depends on goodness. Suppose there is a situation in which one could perform only one of three alternatives action: X‚ Y‚ and Z. If performing either X or Y results will be equally good but that performing
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Abortion: Morally Permissible or Impermissible? Abortion can be defined as a means of terminating a pregnancy by removing or expelling a fetus from the uterus before viability. Abortion has been‚ and will always be‚ a controversial issue in today’s society and in the future. People have always struggled to determine whether it is ethical to abort a fetus; morally permissible (acceptable) or morally impermissible (unacceptable). The polarizing views that are associated with abortion makes this
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fetus has rights then abortion is immoral and not permissible. If the fetus does not have rights‚ then abortion is morally acceptable and permissible. If both the mother and the fetus have rights‚ then either the rights of the fetus have priority‚ or those of the mother have priority. If that didn’t complicate matters enough‚ we have those who argue that some fetuses have moral rights while others do not‚ making abortion sometimes morally permissible and sometimes morally impermissible. The purpose
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Introduction Human embryonic stem cells (hES cells) are currently discussed not only by the biologists by whom they were discovered but also by the medical profession‚ media‚ ethicists‚ governments and politicians. There are several reasons for this. On the one hand‚ these ‘super cells’ have a major clinical potential in tissue repair‚ with their proponents believing that they represent the future relief or cure of a wide range of common disabilities; replacement of defective cells in a patient by
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examined point and you’ll do even better than you already have I am going to argue that it is always permissible for a woman to have an abortion no matter the circumstances. Abortion has been a worldwide debate for several years now where people generally either take the side of pro-life or pro-choice. The biggest problem about abortion is deciding when a baby becomes a part of the human community or a human being and who makes these decisions. While there are many different philosophers who have written
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Erik Turley Paper #4 12/5/11 How Adultery is Permissible In Don Marquis’ “What’s Wrong with Adultery” he gives several examples of why adultery can be used or justified in a marriage. He brings up issues like one partner agreeing to a marriage contract but not fulfilling their side of the contract in the marriage. Another point he uses is one spouse not fulfilling the others desire in the “sex and love” department (213). Adultery is a sinful word for many; while some have justifications for
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“The task and responsibilities of managers have been changing dramatically in recent years. (Jones‚ & George‚ 2011)” It is believed that there are not any ethical implications that would require and employee to dedicate long hours and extensive travel time to their careers. When someone pursues a job it is their responsibility to gather the appropriate information by doing research on the company they want to pursue a career with. If they truly intend to become and employee they need to figure
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