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Drake G. Smith Putman Hours 3 and 5 15 November 2016 FFA Argument Paper Ethics are what is morally right, they are ideas well cemented in what is right. "Flowers for Algernon" is a story about a man named Charlie Gordon who possesses mental disabilities and a low IQ of 68. He attempts to improve his mind and its capabilities by undergoing a procedure which would increase his intelligence. Charlie Gordon's doctors failed to act ethically when they performed the surgery upon him. Charlie…

fit in and become happier. So, when Drs. Nemur and Strauss asked him if he was willing to have this surgery that will triple his IQ of 68, of course he agreed. However, now, one can argue if this surgery is lawful or not. In Flowers For Algernon, by Daniel Keyes, the doctors made a bad choice by choosing Charlie Gordon for the intelligence-altering surgery because they didn't follow the rules of The Belmont Report, they didn't…

humanity. This quality allows humans to share how they feel and take a stand on certain situations. In the story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, a mentally stunted individual named Charlie proves his humanity when he makes his own decision and acts on it, even with overwhelming peer pressure. As Charlie is eating his dinner in a local restaurant one day, he notices a young dishwasher that is mentally stunted just like he was, not so long ago. This dishwasher drops some dishes, and the…

Transitioning into adulthood isn’t easy, especially when physically you are thirty seven, but mentally you are barely a teenager. In the short story Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, a man named Charlie Gordon has a mental disability that makes him have a younger mental age than his actual age of 37. He then gets an operation to make him smarter also to increase his mental age. The doctors put him through tests with a mouse who had the same operation done, named Algernon, whom he has a deep…

Chicago in 1893: Bright City, Dark Menace In the historical novel “The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America,” author Erik Larson portrays Chicago as both the city of opportunity and simultaneously as a hotbed of crime and human exploitation (Larson). Chicago in the 1890’s was quite rough because jobs and murders have made the city a place of both danger and opportunity. Numerous murders have led to turmoil in the city. In addition, the changes that…

misfortune at every turn and in the process they must contend with questions of their own faith, morality, and existence. Robinson Crusoe, being the earlier book, bears a great influence on The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym(TNAGP). Many aspects of Daniel Defoe’s writing style permeate into TNAGP, for example, a portion of the book serves as a journal to catalog the activities of the main character’s everyday life is in both Robinson Crusoe and TNAGP. I find that the most intriguing part of the…

Behavioural economics employs insights from psychology experiments to help explain examples of economically irrational behaviour, when dealing with consumer theory. The two most prominent ‘irrational’ preferences are reference dependence, and loss aversion. Although it is a fairly recent development, there have still been many papers written about behavioural economics; such as ‘On the Value of Incumbency: Managerial Reference Points and Loss Aversion,’ ‘The Forward-Looking Competitive Firm…

time was how happy everybody seemed” (Everett 6). The Piraha eternal happiness and warmth speak to their laidback culture and lifestyle. The Piraha take life lightly, and are able to brush off adversity. Everett notices this on seeing them in their day to day life, Everett states, “Pirahas laugh at their own misfortune: when someone’s hut blows over in a rainstorm…they laugh when they catch a lot of fish, they laugh when they catch no fish” (85). The Piraha lifestyle emphasizes happiness and…

What do you think of when you hear that someone is an individual of good character? Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines character as, “one of the attributes that make up and distinguish an individual.” The word character was first used in 14th century Latin, meaning distinctive quality. I say character is defined how a person reacts when their back is against the wall. I say this because, it is only then when you have two options, either to stand and fight or lay down and die, is your…

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe is a portrait of a woman 's life from birth to death. The novel is supposedly based in fact, and possibly even loosely based off the real life female criminal Moll King (Howson 167). Stylistically, it 's written as an autobiography of the vivacious Moll Flanders, detailing the adventures her extravagant, action-packed, and dramatic story. Defoe uses his title character to explore identity, morality, and ethics through the…