Debate Essay

be grateful you got one, even if it’s not what you hoped for. Killing in any sort of way, even ending your own life (unless in sacrifice to God), goes against the rules God laid out for everyone to follow. This makes euthanasia a difficult topic to debate. You, as a doctor, could be asked to euthanize a newborn baby that wouldn’t be able to…

for women in need. Donald Trump takes the side of pro-life and says that he has always hated the concept of abortion. He also argues that in cases of rape or risk to the mother’s health, abortion is acceptable (Radnofsky, n.d). However, in the last debate between the two candidates, Trump goes to say that women are getting abortions at nine months and that is too late for an abortion because the baby is already almost fully developed. The percentage of women receiving late abortions are actually…

This immunization debate stems from the story of Alijah Williams, aged seven, who was hospitalized with tetanus after his parents decided to not vaccinate him. Despite being a scientist himself, Alijah’s father opted to disregard scientific studies showcasing the importance of immunization (Kennedy, 2013). The Williams are one of many families around the world who are suffering from the consequences of making decisions that have put the lives of their kids in jeopardy. However, it is imperative…

schools may face for not reaching their goals ("No Child"). Revising the policy in these ways makes NCLB more personalized on a school to school basis and settles arguments around its flaws. Nevertheless, problems with the NCLB policy have been used to debate its effectiveness despite the benefits it…

when America’s economy is brought into question. There are, however, many viewpoints that immigration can be approached from. For example, Rich Furman speaks about immigration through the lens of psychology in his article entitled The Immigration Debate: Lessons for Social Workers. Kenneth Jost has also written an article about the topic of immigration but from a social issues stance in his article entitled Immigration Conflict. Both Furman and Jost share information about immigration to the…

by maintaining his bombastic attitude and autocratic agenda. This is not to mention his comments about Mexican immigrants, Muslims and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, with the latter seen as such a threat that Trump chose to skip tonight’s GOP presidential debate because Kelly is one of its moderators. And yet, just as we think cannot get any worse, something comes along that…

The nature versus nurture debate encompasses many hot button topics that have led to disagreements on both sides. Included within this debate is a topic that until recently has been regarded as forbidden subject matter—what is the main influence on gender development? Biologists and other organic researchers have contended that hereditary qualities and hormones foreordain nearly everything about gender and sexual orientation, while psychologists and sociologist claim environmental factors are…

Christians believe that life is sacred and one should not take his or her life. Over the next couple of centuries euthanasia and physician assisted suicide was highly debated with proponents stating that citizens had a right to end their life. This debate was resurrected in 1780 by Samuel William who advocated for the use of medicine to cause a patient’s demise (Friend, 2011). This school of thought can be viewed as a slippery slope as some patients may not be able to express their will when…

definitions of key terms, dealing with the ongoing debate over abortion in today’s society. Secondly, a side of Planned Parenthood (the largest advocate and provider of abortions) will be shown that many people tend to ignore, with relevant and credible sources. Lastly, accurate statistics of abortion will be expanded and meticulously analyzed to display reasons why, this legal, government funded form of murder is costing us billions of dollars. The debate over whether or not abortion should…

WILL NEVER STICK” THE TEMPEST (WILLIAM SHKESPARE) According to Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), Nature is everything which a man brings with himself to the world while Nature is every influence that affects him after birth. The nature versus nurture debate has been a controversial issue and it can be traced to about 150years ago. In 300BC some philosophers questioned nature vs nurture in human behaviour. A Greek philosopher named Plato (428 BCE – 348 BCE) believed that our morality and IQ is…