your wishes? These are not questions that can wait to be addressed. When a family is dealing with their own grief they can not always make your wishes known. There are many ways in which an individual can make their wishes know about end of life care. An advance directive tells your doctor what kind of care you would like to have if you become unable to make medical decisions. With these documents in place decisions are a lot easier on the family members. “A good advance directive describes
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and Death of Socrates takes place during a time in Socrates life where he becomes most reflective. During these final moments of Socrates life a theme arises‚ that of the unexamined life. Socrates claims that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology 38a). Profound as the statement may seem it creates many questions; what is the unexamined life? And why is the idea of an examined life so dear to Socrates? It ’s clear throughout the dialogues of The Trial and Death of Socrates has a sort of
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Socrates was a Greek philosopher who lived from 470 BCE to 399 BCE‚ unlike other writers of the time he is entirely known through the works of those around him such as Xenophon and Plato. In one of Plato’s work about Socrates‚ the Apology‚ Socrates sets up an argument for disobeying the laws of men that he appears to be at odds with another argument in another work about Socrates by Plato about excepting punishment in Crito. Many believes that these inconsistencies are actually the invention of Plato
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great Greek philosopher‚ Socrates is deemed as being so intriguing. During his time‚ Socrates was seen as a great threat because he tended to break free from the normal way of thinking and inevitably‚ people became afraid of him. Socrates was eventually put to death on account of “corrupting the youth” and being an “atheist‚” which were false claims against him to cover up the fact that his accusers simply didn’t like him or his ways. When reading Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates is shown as being very intriguing
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Did NUS student get what he deserved for online rant? Debate rages over whether punishment for Sun Xu was adequate Published on Mar 30‚ 2012 FIRST‚ they wanted him punished. But now that the National University of Singapore (NUS) has meted out the punishment to the foreign student who made derogatory comments about Singaporeans‚ the debate has turned to whether justice has been done. Earlier this week‚ Mr Sun Xu was given an official reprimand‚ a $3‚000 fine‚ and an order to do three months
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In the Apology‚ Socrates stated that “the unexamined life is not livable (or worth living) for a human being”. Before discussing the meaning of this statement‚ it is imperative that the key words are broken down. Socrates used the word “worth” in his statement‚ which in this context has to do with whether humans will achieve substance in their lives. When he speaks of “life‚” Socrates is stating that one must venture out of the unexamined life and live the examined life. Socrates also uses the word
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Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates’ ideal city is based on justice‚ although he legalizes abortion as a way to punish those for bringing an “imperfect” child into his city. As a way to try and resolve the creation of “imperfect” children— those that are illegitimate‚ unauthorized‚ and unhallowed—Socrates’ allows men and women‚ who have passed the age of having children‚ to be as sexually active as often as they wish‚ with whomever they wish. Socrates’ presentation of abortion is not accurate and he fails
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be to debate with the great Socrates and see how it would turn out. Socrates- Felicia what is the definition determinism mean to you? Felicia – Determinism is of different occurrence of nature which take place of any accordance within the natural laws of the world. I believe that determinism helps keep the world in balance throughout the world. (Kant states that every human begin has a choice and that everything in the universe is governed by causal laws. Socrates- Felicia what is the definition
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by examining the characteristics of two different characters in the philosophical works of Plato. These two characters are Meno and Socrates‚ from the dialogues Meno and Apology. Meno is Thessalian general that had the main goal in life to get rich and have power. He did not care about anyone else besides himself‚ and could not take anyone seriously (Xenophon). Socrates on the other hand was a Greek philosopher that was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens‚ was accused of being a Sophists
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What makes a person’s life good? Is it virtue? Pleasure? Power? In Plato’s Gorgias‚ though didn’t end up 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
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