...Nowhere But Up “Responsibility is defined as the state or fact of being responsible” (Responsibility). There are many different kinds of responsibility as well. Moral, collective, corporate, media, and social are just to name a few. However, in particular, this paper is about personal responsibility. To me, personal responsibility means that you have a self-duty to yourself to exhibit responsibility. You have to be responsible for yourself, your actions, your life, and the choices that are made within it. Personal responsibility is an intensely personal decision that can only be made by self. Personal responsibility must be accepted, it cannot be forced on anyone. You must realize that by accepting personal responsibility you are in control of the direction you’re your life takes, whether good or bad. “One step in accepting personal responsibility is tearing down the mask of defense or rationale for why others are responsible for who you are, what has happened to you and what you are bound to become” (Accepting Personal Responsibility). Personal responsibility has had a major effect on my life. As a child, I was raised to believe that nothing in life was free and that humility and self-responsibility were my biggest allies. Growing up, personal responsibility played the biggest role in my education. In middle school I struggled with math and I had to take it upon myself to get a tutor so that I could excel in that course. Had I not taken on the personal responsibility...
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...In the words of Christopher Reeve, “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” I think that his words have true meaning because when analysing heroes like Spiderman and Martin Luther King Jr. you would notice that both come from a background full of struggles. For example, Spiderman dealt with the death of his parents and uncle and Martin Luther King Jr. suffered from beatings and depression. The two are now heroes because they found the strength to live and endure. This theme is also commonly found in Greek mythology. Heroes from those times had also undergone many hardships in their way to glory. A great example of a hero from Greek times is Theseus. He fought through many obstacles and it is because of his strength, leadership and determination through them that he carved his name in history....
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...gods, then she should bury her brother. Antigone is determined to bury Polyneices, which will contravene Creon’s law in the process. Antigone has a myriad of character traits, but the three main ones are stubbornness, determination, and loyalty. In the...
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...Roger Kidder Euthanasia Work Document 1. What is active euthanasia? * The process of causing a person’s painless death usually as a consequence of suffering from an incurable disease or terminal illness. * Administration of potentially life-ending drugs or lethal doses for the purpose of causing death. * Requires active participation by health care providers. 2. What is the difference between killing and allowing to die? * Killing is an act of commission, the performing of an action to cause death. * Allowing to die is an act of omission, withholding potential life sustaining treatments to bring about death. 3. What is passive euthanasia? * The act of allowing a patient to die primarily by not administering life saving treatments or procedures. * Does not require active participation by health care providers. 4. What is voluntary euthanasia? * The rational decision of a terminally ill person to end their life. * Requires a comprehension of the consequences of their decision. * A person must be able to make competent decisions about their own health care. 5. What is non-voluntary euthanasia? * The decision of someone other than the patient to end that patient’s life. * Usually as a result of the patient’s inability to speak for themselves. * May not be competent to make the decision, (i.e.) Alzheimer’s disease. 6. What is the difference between ordinary treatment and extraordinary treatment...
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...As a hero herself, Janie goes on journey of hardships where she persists through them with her endurance. But with endurance comes with her determination and her want to go forward with her life. Not only does she stand against those that hurt her but Janie wants to keep going. Wanting to move forward, Janie exhibits the heroic quality of determination in Their Eyes Were Watching God. Meeting Jody, Janie finds that he could be the new start in her life and is determined to begin a new. But with the journey she realizes that along with Logan, Jody fails her too shown s she looks over her life “She had been getting read for her great journey to the horizons in search of people . . . But she had been whipped like a cur dog and run off down a back...
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...Becoming a saint is anything but straightforward. The candidate is thoroughly studied after their death for aspects including whether or not they led a virtuous Catholic life, and their completion of miracles both during their life and posthumously ("How does someone become a saint?" ). Often long and heavily debated, most of the candidates are not canonized until decades after their death, and sometimes even centuries ("How does someone become a saint?" ). Patron saint of France, Joan of Arc, was one of the candidates who had to face this wait, gaining the venerable title of Saint 489 years after her death in 1431 (Banfield 20). Born in 1412, Jeanne d'Arc, only later known as Joan of Arc, lived her childhood out as a normal peasant girl in...
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...relates to self-determination in which he or she makes decisions based on what they think is best for themselves. They often relate back to attempting to eliminate the distinction between "allowing to die" and causing death by active euthanasia. Relating to the article by Dan W. Brock, I will argue that that the reasons given by him are problematic because of the fact there is a distinction between allowing to die and active euthanasia, is morally wrong, and can have several side effects of legalization of active euthanasia. Brock begins his point by giving the two central arguments that are for voluntary active euthanasia - the first one being self-determination in which he stresses is an important idea behind human dignity. He states that the rationale of allowing the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment also stands true for support of active euthanasia and reason the self-determination should also extend to controlling "the manner, circumstances, and timing of their dying and death" (Brock 166). The second reason he gives for voluntary active euthanasia is individual well-being and reasons that when a person considers living any longer as harm instead of benefit, that death through euthanasia corresponds to the well-being of the patient who makes that distinction for themselves. He continues by saying that many people, even the ones that are against active euthanasia agree that in certain circumstances, active euthanasia holds true with self-determination. But the two...
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...loved ones wishes. When it comes to traumatic unforeseen brain injuries it can be hard to let go. One day the person was perfectly normal, then instantly you are faced with deciding how they will ultimately spend their last living moments. You must consider the how the person’s life was before the injury as well as the quality of life they would have if treatment was continued. A patient’s death dictates a cease of treatment and allows those who have made their wishes known can begin the process for donating organs for transplantation to help save the life of others. A determination between life and death is essential due to the physician’s inability to waste limited medical resources or to potentially violating medical ethics by inflicting treatment after the patient is considered medically dead. With a precise diagnosis, families may be better able to cope with the passing of their loved one and can begin the mourning process. The National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws approved the Uniform Determination of Death Act in 1981(Wijdicks, 2010). This law outlined brain death as an irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions or irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain,...
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...Can someone survive a night outside, alone, and in the cold? Not without expertise in survival and their held high. In the articles “My escape from N.K.” (Article two), “Trapped” (Article two), and the news article “Can a parent get over the death of a child?” (Article three), these characters had the skills to survive. In Article one, Hyeonseo Lee has to stay determined despite all the problems that occur while she tries to save her family from the Dangers of North Korea. In Article two, Aron Ralston has to survive several nights in the cold with his hand stuck between a rock and many other problems occur. In Article three, Denice Turner has to get over her son’s death without grievance. Aron Ralston’s energy, Hyeonseo Lee’s determination,...
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...Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: September 22, 2014 Arguments 2 Arguments Physician Assisted suicide or euthanasia, is also distinguished as mercy killing. Euthanasia is the act to place a person to death devoid of pain or permitting a person to die, as by persistence of severe medical measures, a person distressed from a, precise terminal painful, disease or circumstance (Beauchamp, 1999). Physician Assisted suicide is the exercise of killing or taking somebody’s life. A lot of doctors and people feel that in these distinct conditions it is the finest thing to do, consecutively to sustain a person from hurt and suffering. The actuality that euthanasia or physician assisted suicide is the ending life of a person brings with reference to the issue should it be legal or illegal (McDougall, 2000)? People's sovereignty or self-determination is a significant perception in the debate on make lawful euthanasia. Proponents dispute that the prohibition on euthanasia inflicts too great a restriction on the person's capacity for directing the end of her or his life and what nature death will take. On the other hand, Opponents, dispute that self-determination would be fake autonomy with value to euthanasia, or that self-determination concerning euthanasia must not weigh additional profoundly than the law of not killing. Euthanasia is identified as the practice of intentionally ending a life which liberates an individual from a terminal disease or unbearable...
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...medical record, disease, trauma, etc. can get positive ID from dental work, previous x-rays Age at Death * Based on growth, development and degeneration of skeleton * Provide age range = biological age, not chronological age * Subadults = fetal to early 20s * Adults = 20+ Subadults * X axis = birth years * Y axis = length in mm 1. long bone length - works well for new born to 12 year olds 2. fusion of long bones: epiphyses to diaphysis diaphysis = shaft of the bone * works well for 12-25 years olds 3. Fusion of primary growth centers in skull * will work from fetal to about 6 years old 4. Dental development and eruption Adults 1. Pubic symphysis * middle picture young person (under 25 years old) * right picture surface is pitted, eroded (at least 60 years old) 2. Auricular surface * last picture smooth surface, outline is crisp (person no more than 35) * middle picture surface is wavy, outline is rigged (person about 50-60 years old) 3. Cranial suture closure * as you get older, the squiggly lines cannot be seen anymore 4. Palatal sutures * can be helpful for 25-50 year olds Sex Determination * females pelvis adapted for birth (95-97% accuracy) * male on the left and female on the right * female has much wider hip bones and bigger opening Sex Determination * Skull: males more robust, muscle marked * All population specific Ex. Dutch woman vs Italian...
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...he has a family member and a friend, he is not a lone wolf. Subsequently, when Marial and Uncle died, he felt stronger. “Marial was gone. Uncle was gone too, murdered by those Nuer men right before Salva’s eyes. Marial and Uncle were no longer by his side, and they never would be again, but Salva knew that both of them would have wanted him to survive, to finish the trip and reach the ITang refugee camp safely. It was almost as if they had left their strength with him, to help him on his journey. (65) This demonstrates that Salva, even after the death of his Uncle, is strong and has a lot of hope in him. When he was able to go to America, Salva had a project that he wanted to do and “Whenever he found himself losing hope, Salva would take a deep breath and think of his uncle’s words. A step at a time. One problem at a time-just figure out this one problem.”(110). This means that he is weak in confidence, but is strong in determination because of the relationship he had once with his uncle. Salva created many relationships along his journey, these relationships helped him defeat the obstacle throughout his...
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...directed by Elia Kazan, explores the issues of corruption, love, truth and justice. Edie Doyle, the protagonist, Terry Malloy’s love interest and the major female role in the film, proves to be the most powerful agent of change. Her determination, feminist action and influence on key characters reflects her power in producing change on the corrupt waterfront, ruled by Johnny Friendly, the money-loving antagonist, and his Mob. It can be seen that every one of Edie’s actions and words have an impact on the changes and development of events and characters throughout the film. Edie’s determination and feminist outlook may be the key factor to the changes that occurred on the waterfront. At her brother Joey’s death she is the only person willing to speak, while the others, all namely men, act “D and D” (deaf and dumb). The body language of these men who stood around shamefully with their head hanging portray the power and domination of Johnny Friendly. It was their fear and loss of life that encouraged this silence. “You don’t ask no questions, you don’t answer no questions.” – Dugan. Edie, on the other hand, was the brave person in this event, not falling under the wing of Johnny’s corruption. “I wanna know who killed my brother!” her determination even drove her to give up her nunnery and dreams of becoming a teacher. Her father, Pop Doyle, reflects the duties and implications of what being a woman was expected to have in the 40s: “Now get back to the sisters where you belong”...
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...Oedipus the King and Creon in “Antigone” had many characteristics that led to their downfalls. Both men showed similar characteristics throughout the two stories. Oedipus’s characteristics that led to his downfall and ultimately his death was his pride and determination. Creon’s characteristics that led to his downfall and left him all alone at the end of the story was his pride and stubbornness. These characteristics are not a bad characteristic to have but when you can’t let go of them they will only lead you into a negative direction. In Oedipus the King, Oedipus is a very prideful and determined man. His determination to find the killer of King Laius led to a very tragic ending for Oedipus. His pride wouldn’t let him give up on finding the killer and he wouldn’t rest until he did so. Oedipus wife, Jocasta, wants Oedipus to...
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...be that strong.” In the biography Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, Louis portrays what this quote expresses with his determination to never give up, even in a time of major crisis. In the beginning of Hillenbrand’s book, she described Louie as a delinquent child. He stole from others in his free time; however, he often gave anything he stole away, hinting that Louie might not be all that others claimed:...
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