...Troy Jacobs 4-21-2014 Abstract When the topic of death arises many people like to avoid the discussion, hence the number of people that don’t preplan their funeral and death plans. Regardless of whether we want to plan or not death is always 100% sure when its time. No human being has lived forever and for humans death is a part of life. Death comes in many different forms, but in the end all of these different forms still lead to only one thing death. Ethically there are two topics that always get everyone talking and is always a hot topic of debate. These two things are the ethical issues between natural death and physician-assisted death. These two forms of death both have supporters that back them and have valid reasons why they support either of the two. Throughout this essay the pros and cons of each will be discussed. Most humans don’t like the thought of death and tend to not want to discuss it because death is the end of the natural human life. Throughout history death has always been final and the thought of death scares many people. The way that some people die scares many people even more. Two ways that many people die are through natural death and physician-assisted death. These two topics come with a fair share of ethical issues that many people are for and against. Natural death occurs naturally and by naturally it means that there were no other things that contributed to the death of a person. No physician helped with the process and the human just died...
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...Death Penalty The death penalty was mandated throughout the United States for any type of flagitious crime. Any crime against another individual who defiles the characteristics of being harmful toward another person or non-human should be executed by death. Currently, 33 states uphold the death penalty as a form of corporal punishment, including the Unites States government and their military. Since 1976, 1,136 criminals were executed for their heinous crimes. This calculates to be an average of 37 people per year electrocuted or received death by lethal injection. The death penalty is less costly than a life sentence. If a life sentence was deemed plausible as punishment for a criminal, the United States government will have to provide clothes, food, shoes, water, electricity, and shelter for that individual until death. However, by issuing a death sentence that actually would provide increased funding to the government for those individuals who will serve less time. (www.uspolitics.about.com/deathpenalty) There are a total of 17 states that do not uphold the death penalty. These states participate and uphold the 8Th Amendment. The 8th Amendment to the United States prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. It restricts the level of punishments that state and local governments impose upon the individuals who have been convicted of a criminal offense. This amendment gives one a chance to fight for their rights to live and possibly receive clemency before their day...
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...of documented history, it has been noted on many occasions that pandemics have swept the world claiming the lives of millions. Among them are the Antonine Plague, HIV/AIDS, and the Black Death. While the Bubonic plague has occurred many times throughout the world’s history, the Black Death was a devastating epidemic that occurred in the late fourteenth century that spread to all areas of Europe. In totality, it caused the deaths of more than fifty million people. The devastation caused by the Black Death resulted in a total restructuring of everyday life in fourteenth century Europe. The Black Death was a disease that first originated in China in the early 1330’s. Over a period of ten years, the disease had killed more than...
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...mind/soul can survive the death of the body (18) The soul is a defining essence that runs through one or more lives said to be an eternal part of a person that makes them individual. The body is the physical part of a person, which is alive when they are alive. It is debated whether anything can survive the death of the body and many different religions have different beliefs on this matter. Christians believe that the soul is the part of God that remains with a person eternally therefore; the soul survives the death of the body and remains with the person forever. However Buddhists believe that once a personal dies they are re-entered into the cycle of samsara unless you attain enlightenment, your karma stays with you and is carried on in each life, not a soul or the same body. An embodied existence is a soft materialist view where the body is representation in a material form, something that is a whole; the mind cannot survive without the body. A disembodied existence is a dualistic view where life after death may be disembodied (separate from the body) the soul and body are separate. The soul is the spiritual, emotional part of a human being regarded as immortal or sometimes is believed to survive death and makes a person who they are and how they act. Each religion has a variety of beliefs on what they believe a soul to be. Dualism is the beliefs that refers to the mind and body as two separate things and that the soul survives the death of the body. Plato was...
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...IS THE DEATH PENALTY Is the death penalty the right form of punishment for crimes such as murder? 1 IS THE DEATH PENALTY Is the death penalty the right form of punishment for crimes such as murder? 2 During this paper you will hear supporting and opposing arguments for the death penalty when a murder charge is sought. You will hear information on the trial, the families, and the way it affects the jury. The death penalty has long been an ongoing debate. There are numerous reasons to be pro-death penalty, as well as, con-death penalty. When is the death penalty appropriate? What types of crimes should be considered for the death penalty? Throughout the course of this paper were going to look at the pros and cons of the death penalty when dealing with murder charges. We’ll discuss the money that goes into a trial and sentence of an inmate on death row, weather the death penalty actually gives the family a sense of justice, as well as, weather the death penalty is the right punishment for murder. We will also look at if the death penalty is the only answer for murder and weather the evidence and information given to the jury plays apart in the way they vote. The death penalty can mean many different things to many different people. Many people think that if you take a life you should have yours taken away. The question there, is it really effective? Taking the life of someone else isn’t going to bring the dead back, but allowing them to sit in jail gives them many...
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...plague, spread across Europe. This plague is more commonly recognized as the Black Death, a name that came several centuries after. In order to stop the spread of this devastating disease, it was necessary that the physicians and scientists of that day begin to research and understand certain things: where this disease came from and how it spread so fast among the population; the symptoms and stages that made this disease unique; and how it was impacting society. Research shows that one way this disease most likely evolved, was from the Central Asiatic Plateau, the stretch of dessert that touches Central Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Most researchers believe it came from rats,...
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...Many of us have some view or idea of the afterlife – whether it is some kind of utopia or even if there is one at all. Research conducted by Douglas Davies found that around 29% of us believe that nothing happens after death, 8% think that our bodies awaits resurrection and 12% believe that we will come back as someone else. Of course there are some more religious people, 22%, who just think that we should trust in God, the remaining 34% of us believe that our souls passes on to another world. These views can all be classed into the traditional divide used when discussing the soul and life after death. There is the Monist view – the idea that the body and the soul exists as a single unity, the souls existence is dependent on the body, belief in resurrection and reincarnation falls under this idea. The Materialist view is the idea that human beings are purely physical beings and does not consist of a body and a soul – belief in there being nothing after death falls under this category. The final view is Dualism – the idea that humans consist of two elements, the body and the soul – where the body is physical the soul is immaterial. The belief of a place after death falls under this view. The first idea we will explore is dualism. Plato famously claimed that the soul is ‘imprisoned’ by the body. He put forward the Allegory of the Chariot – where there is the charioteer (which represents the soul) and two horses (one representing the mind and the other the body). The soul attempts...
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...figure out the correct way to deal with law-opposing criminals. From crucifixion and slavery, to death by firing squad and life sentences, the world has utilized different forms of discipline. The death penalty has formed into the most questionable form of punishment, drawing the most attention from the public eye. The United States government uses this sanction to punish criminals for committing the most heinous crimes and offenses. The crimes that obtain the death penalty mostly consist of murder which include murder during a kidnapping, murder for hire, drug-related drive by shooting, and genocide. However, the crimes can also consist of other capital offenses, such as espionage, treason, and death resulting from aircraft hijacking. The United States of America...
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...Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Many companies today use information as a basis to increase productivity, producing quality products, providing quality services, creating customer confidence, and making timely decisions. As such, information technology has become the prime reason for the success and failure of a company to compete in business. This illustrates the impact of information technology on business operations today. As a result, designing an information system of high quality is important so that organisations can compete successfully in the global market. Information systems experts need to understand the business operation of a company before they can design a comprehensive system. Every business is likely to be different. As an example, business transactions at a supermarket, bank, and hotel require information systems that are different and Unique. A systems analyst applies a technique called Business Process Modelling to Represent company operations and information requirements. A systems analyst works in an information technology based department. This person is Responsible for planning, analysing and implementing information systems. 1.1 Background of the Study Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and families. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media. ...
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...The Death Penalty The topic I have chosen is the death penalty/capital punishment. What is the capital punishment? It is when someone has committed a crime so severe that their punishment is to be sentenced to death. This kind of punishment is very controversial. Some people think that the death penalty is immoral and unconstitutional. While others think that it is too easy of a punishment. For myself I believe in it. Thirty two states uphold the death penalty: Alabama, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and Utah are just some of those states. Although this practice is on a slow decline, it is still practiced not only in the United States, but the entire world. How is capital punishment delivered? In the U.S., the two main ways of execution are by lethal injection, and by electrocution. Throughout history, there have been many forms of executions. During the French revolution, people were beheaded at the guillotine. In the Civil war, men were executed by firing squad. Throughout this form of punishment there are many pros and cons. What are some of the pros to capital punishment? Well, while many people say there are none, it does have a few. For one, it is a way to make sure that justice is served. When executions are done throughout the U.S., the victims are, in many states allowed to witness it take place. For some, this is a way to have closer, and to be at ease that the culprit is dealt with and punished for the crimes. Another pro is that it takes these horrible people...
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...For many years the death penalty has been the sentence for murders, rapists, and other serial criminals. But, in recent months it has been an issue in whether the death penalty should or should not be legal. There are many people that think that capital punishment should be used and there are others that feel that it should not be used. Also there are some in the middle that think that it doesn't really matter because they feel that whatever happens will be right because it was brought up and decided in a court of law. Capital punishment is the only way to be sure the killing will at least end with that criminal. Prisons are not hard enough on there inmates. For example, citizens feel that capital punishment is only fair to those that have committed the crime such as murder. This shows that you have to find and prove that the criminal is truly guilty. This could take days, months, even years and in that time they are treated nice and not like prisoners. For example the inmates are allowed to attend school and watch TV in case that they are released. But then, are the guards even thinking? These are men that committed series crimes, capital crimes. They killed people, and if there not going to be killed they sure better not be released to do it again. It seems like they don’t remember that the inmate had no mercy when they were raping, or killing that innocent person, yet we feel sorry for them. There are lots of issues that arise with the death penalty, such as moral issues...
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...punish also it affects the public when criminal put to death. The impact on the public is most impressive it could debate upon this so many times. Also against the matter, give a thorough explanation putting to death, criminal also the impact on the public. At this current time, research does not only show that the sentence to the death penalty is intricate in many ways. However, capital punishment has started to make people ask many questions it connection with preventing criminal act's effect. That it has on the public economically by having information that recent and from the past, also using articles of scholarly and other articles on the topic as well. To help support, the reason this research is essential and he would aid society to use different tactics. To help benefit both side issues, within the debate, they have on this matter. The costly and ethical standpoint of the death penalty The Kentucky lawmaker stated that it was too expensive to use the methods of using the sentence to death as a form of punishment. Also, how it might seem as morally wrong, to do, although the commission tells the truth about the expensive cost of administering the sentence to death penalty. It hardly talks about the ethical, also principled wickedness of the practices sentence to capital punishment. In the article, it says that it is ethnic also socioeconomic prejudice, with the penalty of sentenced to death also how it might or would begin to start worrying...
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...United States there have been many controversies and disputes of issues ranging from abortion, gun control, health care and immigration. But possibly, capital punishment is the most widely discussed issues because of the range of questions that arise stemming from legal, philosophical, social, practical, political and moral aspects. Capital punishment is defined as the legal infliction of the death penalty on persons convicted of a crime. It is a form of retributive justice that some feel is justified when proportionate to the crime committed. In the United States capital punishment is not intended to inflict and physical pain or torture but rather just used as another form of punishment. Many civilizations such as the ancient Romans and Egyptians used capital punishment to punish citizens form crimes such as blasphemy, treason, theft and murder. They believed in the “eye for an eye” doctrine. These ancient civilizations would perform capital punishment in the forms of stoning, burning, garroting, beheading, decapitation and crucifixion. Unlike how capital punishment is used today these methods were used to humiliate and inflict pain; they would be considered as cruel, barbaric and unusual punishment. Most deaths resulting from capital punishment in ancient civilizations were very slow instead of immediate. Two of the most popular cases of ancient capital punishment are that of Socrates and Jesus Christ. Great Britain originally brought the death penalty over to the United...
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...The Death of Jews During War World II,(change to World War) Nazi Germany’s leader at the time, Adolf Hitler, wanted to kill Jews, war prisoners, Gypsies;(change to a comma and add and) even children. The Nazi death camps had brutal ways to kill the Gypsies, and many more in the death camps. There are many survivors of this tragedy, which is now known as the Holocaust. A survivor is Elie Wiesel;(change to a period) he was fifteen at the time, along with his family that he was shortly with after arriving. He was separated from most of his family. He only had his father left, and then went to the work camps. He wrote his novel, Night, a story of his tragedy, losing his family at a young age, and the inside story of what was going on in the death camps. A quote form the story Night is “I could never forget the smoke, the faces on the children; I could never forget the flames that consumes my faith” (34 Wiesel). An example of mankind being evil as shown in the novel Night is by staving(Starving?) most of the prisoners to death. Mankind, being an inhering evil, is shown by the deaths of innocent people by...
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...Pierre McKee Since the beginning of history harsh criminals have been sentenced to death, whether it is from a firing squad, hangings, electrocution, or poison. This is what America calls “Capital Punishment”. Throughout the years many have tried to oppose this form of punishment but to no full positive outcome. Some believe that we need “Capital Punishment” to deter crime and violence from taking over our society. There many views on the topic but in the end only one truth prevails. According to the article “Shot at Dawn” the execution of criminals and political opponents has been used by nearly all societies, both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. Some places that practice capital punishment it is reserved for murder, espionage, treason, or as part of military justice. But in other countries sexual crimes, such as rape, adultery, incest and sodomy, carry the death penalty, as do religious crimes such as apostasy in Islamic nations. In many countries that use the death penalty, drug trafficking is also a capital offence. In China, human trafficking and serious cases of corruption are punished by the death penalty. In militaries around the world courts-martial have imposed death sentences for offences such as cowardice, desertion, insubordination, and mutiny. People who approve of this form of punishment believe that by sending these criminals to their death that they are making society better. By getting rid of these unwanted people of the world that...
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