Beyond Freedom and Dignity

Honoring such a choice is the only real freedom we can give them. PAS should be legalized in all 50 states in order to ensure the patient has the choice to die, horrific suicides will be prevented, and to make sure the costs of end of life care do not financially cripple a patient’s loved ones…

self-service to the nation. He also describes how he discovered that those communities do not act outside politics and the exercise of citizenship. On the contrary, they represent one of the most active groups in efforts to make citizens and their actions go beyond electoral politics. For example, they propose ethical guidelines for Christian citizenship as a way of life, and organise prayer campaigns against the country's main…

The genocide in Gaza has resulted in 20,674 innocent civilians dead, all murdered by the IOF. Malcolm X fought against racial discrimination and advocated for the rights of African Americans, while the situation in Palestine involves the fight for their holy land and the rights of Palestinians, there are many similarities. Malcolm was also wrongly portrayed in the media, just like the Palestinians who are painted as terrorists. Malcolm would organize speeches that would raise awareness for the…

In 1955, Rosa Parks committed the most recognized act of civil disobedience in American history. She directly went against the law to pave a path of justice for her people, by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, and dealt with the consequence of her actions. This idea of civil disobedience came directly from transcendentalism. Many times, transcendentalists looked to find a higher power than society and tradition, to seek a higher truth. Civil Disobedience did the same by transcending a law…

Christianna Prokop Dr. Catharin Dalpino Global Policy Challenges December 3, 2014 Human Trafficking in the United States Human trafficking is a phenomenon that transcends not only borders, but also culture, race, gender, socio-economic class and age. Whether it be as a point of origin, transit or destination, human trafficking affects nearly every country around the globe, and is becoming increasingly more pervasive as time goes on. It is an issue that needs to be dealt with swiftly,…

Hinduism The article on Hinduism was fascinating. I wish I had read it prior to going to India – a lot of things would have made more sense. One idea that struck me was the balance that one must find to exit the cycle of reincarnation. I assumed reincarnation was a series of rewards and penalties that one undergoes as they progress to the good, exiting the cycle by enlightenment and goodness. Queguiner wrote, “It is not enough for the good to outweigh the evil, that is that ther be no further…

Forty four states in America prohibit the use of euthanasia, or assisted suicide, under homicide laws. Year by year the cause gains speed and people more and more come to accept it as morally sound and a human right to die with dignity. People who argue against assisted suicide claim that it devalues human life and limits bodily autonomy, however, it allows for terminally ill or old people to not have to live out incredibly painful lives leading to an overall happier population as seen in Brave…

Learning about one's own cultural identity is critical in starting a multicultural education. If a person understands the culture that they belong to they will be more likely to respect other cultures for being different. When people look at other cultures they need to see them in that culture's perspective. Blum was arguing that it is not necessary to agree with every aspect of another culture, but it is necessary to respect it (571). By seeing and respecting cultures in their view it…

figures in his life. At the age of fifteen Martin Luther King, Jr. entered Morehouse College in Atlanta (Pastan, 2004, pp.16-22). During his time at Morehouse, he began to see that he could not accept segregation and felt that it was an attack on his dignity and self-respect. Benjamin Mays, president of Morehouse, and George Kelsey, King's philosophy professor, were both ministers and both had a major impact on their student, who wanted to serve society. It was under their influence that King…

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is the story written by Harriet Jacobs, who, for her safety, called herself Linda Brent in the narrative. She was a slave girl born to a family of mulattoes. Harriet was taken as a slave after her mother passed away by her mother 's mistress. At the age of twelve her mistress passed away and her too happy days came to an end Harriet was given as the slave to her mistress sister 's daughter, where Mr. Flint came into her life and things started to turn bad.…