Desmond Tutu

Famous Social Activist Desmond Tutu, once said, “Do your little bit of good where you are; it is those little bits of good put all together that overwhelm the world.” In my experience, I have certainly found this to be true. Life is a blessing to me I am so lucky and privileged to be able to have an education, loving friends and family, and a place to call my home. Lately, through the stress of my junior year of high school, I have been forgetting to connect to my true self. Staying up late for…

Matters of life and death are often extremely controversial and difficult for people to agree on. Such is the use of euthanasia, “the painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma” which is illegal in a majority of the world. While to some it seems inhumane and unethical, withholding the ability to choose from someone who is suffering or incapable of living their life can cause misery or resorting to other (dangerous) methods of death.…

regards to this, is that restorative sentencing is the needed approach in order to reach the goals that South Africa has set in terms of its Constitution, and the ideas put forward by influential South Africans such as Nelson Mandela, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu and Chief Justice Langa. Retributive punishment has proven to be old fashioned, and doesn't lie in line with not only South Africa's Constitution, but also with the increasing emphasis on Human Rights in the global sphere. When…

the world such as in the Netherlands were doctors are allowed to terminate a terminally ill patients life by the own will of the patient . Many churches are against euthanasia in South Africa, however, there are few such as Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu who is of the opinion that euthanasia should be a legal option for such people suffering from terminal illnesses which are incurable. In my argumentative essay I am of the opinion that euthanasia should not be made a legal option for persons…

Malala Yousafzia Malala Yousafzia was born in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan on the 21st of July in 1997. Malala grew up with two brothers. When Malala was old enough to go to school she attended an all-girls school that her father Ziauddin Yousafzia established. Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzia was a teacher and human rights (person who uses action and strong words to support or oppose something). Ziauddin Yousafzia, Malala's father motivated/brought about Malala to raise her voice to (help…

Charlotte Leis Political Reconciliation In his book, Just and Unjust Peace, Daniel Philpott argues that “reconciliation is the restoration of right relationship” and that political reconciliation “concerns the right relationship within the political realm — where the goal is respected citizenship defined by human rights, the rule of law within political communities, and respect for international law between political communities.” (Philpott, pg. 58). His idea of the “right relationship”,…

One of my favorite quotes about family is “You don 't choose your family. They are God 's gift to you, as you are to them.” (Desmond Tutu) It states that you don’t get to choose the family you get , especially when you get brothers that are annoying and can get on your nerves. I have to learned how to appreciate and be thankful for what 's given for a family. The sacrifices that my family and I have taken and the long wait to the path of there being a better chance to anything but success to…

"To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice." Desmond Tutu said this and I could not agree more. I think that capital punishment is morality wrong, and that Walter Berns’ “The Morality of Capital Punishment” article in Exploring Ethics fails on many grounds. Berns uses anger and a politically correct government to advocate the use of capital punishment. I am going to try and prove that Burns is wrong, and that by killing we are only fueling the fire and a continuous…

Death Penalty Pro/Con From 1976 to 2016, 2,405 people have been put on death row. Of that number only 1,264 people have been executed via Capital Punishment, or commonly known as “the death penalty.” Capital Punishment is a very controversial topic in America. It has prevented criminals from committing future crimes. Unfortunately, Capital Punishment is a very expensive and some would say inhumane solution to a complex situation. The first official Death penalty enforced in America was in…

In our society, we have many different expectations of people’s gender. From the way which we interact with each other to the activities we enjoy, there are many things which are assumed of people because of their gender. I think of myself as being pretty stereotypically feminine. I don’t like sports, nor am I good at them. I love fashion, shopping, and makeup. I am horrified of spiders and other insects. I take great pride in how I look, which for me means that I am usually in dresses and…