Introduction I have heard of a brain surgery-taking place between Tommy Vladek and Sam. Tommy is brain dead, while his body remains totally functional, while Sam’s body is completely destroyed, but has perfect brain function. This surgery can cure all of Tommy’s behavioural problems, but the real concerns appear to be more ethical rather than the medical complications that may arise. The following dialogue is my interview with John Perry discussing this controversial procedure. The interview addresses the problem of personal identity, and aims to answer the key question: who will survive the operation?…
Fred Korematsu was born in January 30th, 1919 in Oakland, California as the son of Japanese immigrants who ran a floral shop. His early life, he was discriminated because of his Japanese ancestry, getting turned away from the U.S. National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard. He later found work as a welder in the docks and was very skilled but all of a sudden one day, was fired for his Japanese ancestry yet again. Then, on Memorial day, 1942 he was arrested while walking with his girlfriend on the suspicion of being Japanese. Although he actually went through minor plastic surgery on his eyes to look less Japanese, he changed his name to Clyde Sarah and that he was of Spanish and Native Hawaiian descent and that his parents died in a fire.…
The article “Don't Blame The Eater,” written by David Zinczenko He argues the crucial impact that fast food restaurants have in today's nation's youth causing individuals to be overweight and have type 2 diabetes. Zincenko begins composing his integrity with personal facts and convincing cited sources and statistics, and strongly applying emotional appeals. However towards the end of his article, his technique to appeals the reader's affection tends to make his argument credible.…
Fred Korematsu underwent many drastic lifestyle changes in order to simply live his life as a U.S. citizen, from assuming a fake name and national descent to receiving plastic surgery to alter his eye shape and make him less likely to be found by U.S. military. Despite these decisions, he was still found and arrested on a street corner in San Leandro, California and held in the county jail for five months. During this time, he was visited by the director of the American Civil Liberties Union, San Francisco branch, Ernest Besig, and asked if he would like to be the first ‘test case’ for fighting the government back over the unfair treatment of Japanese-Americans, to which he agreed. On May 30, 1942, his case finally went to court, where he was convicted ‘for violating the military orders issued under Executive Order 9066’ (Korematsu Institute, Fred Korematsu v. United States).…
In 2008, the Canadian government created the Indian residential schools truth and reconciliation commission which started its work to achieve an official order of reviewing the history of Canada’s Indian residential schools. The Canadian residential school system is, a system created for aboriginal people in Canada, to achieve the best chance for success by learning the English language and more importantly assimilating to Canadian culture therefore, passing it down to their children in hopes of native traditions to diminish. The Canadian government assumed that native children would have a higher chance of succeeding if they spoke English or French and adapted to mainstream Canadian society therefore, the Canadian government created this…
On February 19th, 1942, during the Second World War, President Franklin Roosevelt issued executive order 9066 giving the United States military the power to ban American citizens of Japanese descent from areas they deemed necessary. Soon after that the U.S. military built internment camps for the people of Japanese decent to be held in for the duration of the war. Fred Korematsu, an American citizen of Japanese ancestry defied the executive order by refusing to leave is home in California, after being convicted he appealed in 1944 and his case reached the Supreme Court. A 6-3 majority upheld his conviction. The decision of the Supreme Court case of Korematsu vs. The United States goes against the constitutional commitment of equal, and…
The managerial function CEO Gregg Steinhafel exhibited during the breach was controlling. Controlling requires you to “monitor performance, compare it with goals, and take corrective action as needed” (Kinicki & Williams, 2013, p. 9). Mr. Steinhafel was successfully able to execute the function of controlling through staff meetings held twice a day. In addition to the staff meetings, Mr. Steinhafel proposed that Target provides one-year free credit monitoring and identity theft insurance (Kinicki & Williams, 2013). Also, he suggested that Target reissue cards with the new chip technology, update its security system, and better equip the call centers with more staff.…
Arnold Schroder, nicknamed Stubby, is Maddie Fynn’s best friend in the book “When” by Victoria Laurie. He is characterized as a chubby boy that is socially awkward, old fashioned and the best problem solver. Arnold is socially awkward, but has a heart of a superhero according to Maddie. “Socially he’s super awkward, but inside that pudgy chest bests the heart of a superhero for sure.” This quality in Stubby makes him a good friend for Maddie because they are both awkward and she certainly needs a superhero in her life.…
9. Laura’s allegations a. Fact: Laura found the shortfall and repayment, she reported to Robert Calloway, the Chair of the Audit Committee. Robert arranged a meeting with Tony and Doug to look in to Laura’s allegations. They lied and denied all the allegation and Robert believed them without investigation.…
Is college actually preparing students or are students wasting their time attending college? Freeman Hrabowski, the president of University of Maryland wrote an article “Colleges Prepare People for Life.” Most people think that college is a waste of time. On the other hand, some disagree and believe that college can be beneficial. A college student is mostly independent and they have to make their own decisions.…
The newly born country of America had many personal obstacles to face and overcome in its early years of existence. Building the foundation of the land would face friction from its natives and its very own people. Some may think that the government they established had even infringed on their personal rights to property, but in reality the government only demanded proper civility among the people it served. When properly examined we will be able to understand the true reality; of how both white and freed Americans struggled during the Reconstruction era, how white culture differed from Native values, and then finally the industrialization of America during the late nineteenth century.…
In the short story “Harrison Bergeron”, written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., the message to be taken away from the story is that total equality is not worth it, this theme is hinted many times throughout the story. In the dystopian society featured in Vonnegut’s short story, everyone who is not already handicapped on their own is ordered to wear handicaps all over their body as well as mental handicaps. This takes people’s talents for granted and they are not able to show them off to the world. In the story, the two main characters are an elderly couple named George and Hazel. They were sitting in their living room watching a ballet on television but the ballerinas were not the same as in the real world.…
Where does a person’s value come from? The answer to this question is often given according to one’s accomplishments, intellect, or their community status. “But for the Christian, this is not where a person receives their value. The value and dignity of each human life, male and female, is based on the biblical doctrine that each person is made in the image of God.” Being made in the image of God sets humans apart from the rest of creation.…
With a hard stance for negative rights Leonard Peikoff claims that universal healthcare is not only unjust but immoral. In the article “Healthcare is Not a Right” Peikoff goes on to state that universal healthcare takes away peoples overall rights of freedom. When focusing on the Declaration of Independence Peikoff argues that the only negative rights people have as Americans is the right to have life, property and the pursuit of happiness. This means that the right people are obligated to have are ones they can provide for themselves through hard work.…
According to Erwin Panofsky, he studied the Studies of Iconology contrasting concepts of nudity, and its conflicting perception, taken place in Medieval and Renaissance art. The concept of draped and undraped clothing were used to signify the concept of superiority or inferiority. In Medieval pictorial art, a image symbolizing ‘worldly happiness’ is inferior, and undraped clothing. However, ‘heavenly life’ appears superiority, and draped clothing.…