Medical ethics

“2BR02B” is a short story by Kurt Vonnegut that describes a society where a strict policy of population control has abolished human afflictions like war and disease, extending life expectancy and eliminating virtually all involuntary death. The law, however, dictates that to maintain the population, every newborn infant must die unless someone voluntarily undergoes euthanasia and dies in its place. Thus, suicide is ethical and state-sanctioned; people who no longer wish to live can call the…

Belshaw (XXXX-1) argues that death is a misfortune when it cuts short a live that one wanted to live. He agrees that death can be bad in absence of this requirement, but only bad in a way that does not matter. That is, death can be had as rust is bad for a tractor. The rust deteriorates the general condition of the tractor, and in that sense, it is bad for the tractor. However, the tractor does not suffer this badness, and thus it is not harmed by the rust. Consequently, the rust is bad for the…

Introduction The case of Terri Schiavo brought attention to the debate over the right-to-die. On both sides of the debate, people from around the world, including the Vatican, weighed in with their opinion and viewpoints. There was no correct answer and no easy answer about if Terri Schiavo should live, with the requirements of extensive long-term care, or if she should die, presuming her informal conversation she had with Michael Schiavo about life-saving and prolonging were enough to make the…

In this paper, I will address Singer’s argument on his belief that we are morally required to donate money to charity to save people from poverty related deaths. Many people die every day due to poverty and their deaths go unnoticed; their lives could be saved with a small donation from people who can afford to do so. Singer proposes a valid argument as well as a sound one, and therefore we ought to trust his conclusion on donating money to save people from poverty related deaths. I will break…

Medical arguments against assisted dying include the possibility of misdiagnosis, the potential availability of new treatments, and conflict with the physician’s role as a healer. Farr Curlin’s study shows 69 percent of U.S. physicians are against physician assisted suicide (Curlin). In an article “Why Physicians Should Oppose Assisted Suicide” Tony Yang says “…with physician-assisted-suicide, the physician is to disregard what is perhaps the most universal moral injunction – do not kill…” Yang…

There are many different of points of view when it comes to the topic and discussion of euthanasia. Euthanasia is the ‘mercy killing’ of someone in order to relieve some type of great pain or suffering. (White 148) Conducting my opinion on this topic was rather difficult, because there are many different circumstances to consider when arguing for or against euthanasia. I agree completely with the idea of Voluntary Euthanasia, which is the mercy killing of someone with their consent. (White 150)…

Health care refers to maintained of mental and physical health. America has a wide range health care coverage in place for citizens to have a decent health. The health care is provided through a system to the citizen and even migrants. Yet, through this system of health care, migrants have the most issue with being provided with accurate care from doctors. In Fresh Fruit and Broken Bodies, the author Seth Holmes, noticed a lack care in the health care system and recognized it as an issue for…

Text Response 2 “The Art of Drowning” by Billy Collins is referring to how death will be perceived by the dying person themselves and society around them. Death is feared by almost everyone as it is a vast unknown openness yet when those around us pass away they are honored and respected, but they are quickly forgotten as time goes by. Rather they cherish their life or not everyone believes their life is essential to them. Memories and ideas will come to mind. The atrocious times and the…

Myths of the Underworld 2.) A. Based on Campbell's chapter, May's chapter, and Alan Watts' videos, reflect on your own attitudes towards death. Do you agree with Watts that “we live in a culture where it has been rubbed into us, in every conceivable way, that to die is a terrible thing” and that we live in a culture in which “death is swept under the carpet”? “Somebody has to die in order for life to emerge.” (p 131, Campbell). It wasn’t until after going through all the videos, articles, and…

With pursuing a great life comes facing great challenges. Despite some people believing that society only creates a miniscule amount of life challenges, many people support the idea that society is the cause of most problems. Emily Dickinson, born to a successful lawyer and congressman, should have escaped many of life’s greatest hardships; however, she remained secluded for most of her life (“Emily Dickinson”; Peterson). On the other hand, a carpenter’s son, Walt Whitman, faced many hardships…