Sissela Bok

patients with depression do have a tendency to continuously acquire suicidal thoughts and immediately demand to be put to death. When that is the case, the physician should look into the issue and enact therapy to placate the problem. If the condition continues to worsen, the patient’s proposal should be implemented along with consent from their plus one. The practice of euthanasia being illegal in the U.S. is a serious issue, and without the law being put into action to give patients an option, patients will have no choice but to suffer with persistent pain. Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide by Gerald Dworkin is divided into two sections: Part one, written by authors Gerald Dworkin and R.G. Frey and Part two, which was written by Sissela Bok. The first part of the book entirely focuses on the arguments of Leon…

Whistleblowing has been a topic of discussion in business for over a hundred years. While there are federally mandated regulations in place to protect whistleblowers, some still argue that whistleblowing is wrong. The main argument of these naysayers, like Norman Bowie and Sissela Bok, is that whistleblowing is an act of disloyalty to the company. In Ronald Duska’s article Whistleblowing II, he takes opposition to this stance. Throughout his article he makes three main points: employees have no…

media all together are a few of the sources for the glamorization of violent lifestyles. The media promotes aggression as well as invites for imitation. Specifically this imitation is leaned towards the youth, with a growing mind and changing psychology the youth are left vulnerable to the circumstances of reality and all the violence included with it. The question now arises, is violence in the media, proper for the youth? This question is very argument able and has many possible answers.…

Most people have trouble distinguishing deceit from lying. Both are prevalent today, whether the intent is there or not. Deception is the intent to mislead when the truth is known, whereas lying attempts to avoid the harm of what the truth may inflict upon themselves. Sissela Bok’s “On Truth-Telling” is a prime reading that showcases greed for power that happens in modern-day life. Through this selection, Bok outlines scenarios where deception is practiced for gain or lying is used to spare the…

Once upon a time, in a static (5) land called Lake Charles, there was a young college freshman named Courtney Liccardi. She had very transcendent (10) plans for such a small town girl. Courtney had just been accepted into Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard gave Courtney a magnanimous (2), full ride scholarship for a track. Track was her heart and soul, she then later met her whole heart, Bentley North. They were meant to be, he ran long distance, just like Courtney did. He…

When Is Lying Ok? Lying is part of life and human nature. People lie for personal gains, mostly if they want to receive something and they also lie for others’ benefits, but in certain cases, lying to someone can be a matter of life or death. For instance, lying is acceptable only when someone’s life is in danger, or when someone lies to protect another person’s feelings. To start off, lying to someone can save a person’s life. One credible source is, The U.S. Political Campaign: Lies,…

“Nearly every kind of statement or action can be meant to deceive” (Bok 1999, 242). According to a study conducted by University of Massachusetts psychologist Robert S. Feldman, “People tell a considerable number of lies in everyday conversation. It was a very surprising result” (Journal of Basic and Applied Social Psychology 2002, 165). From politics to the entertainment industry to law enforcement, all careers involve some form of deception or manipulation. Have the rigors of daily life…

In Sissela Bok's article “Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant”, ”A lie, even if it does not do wrong any particular individually, for it vitiates the source of law”(4). Lying to a close friend or a significant other is occasionally improper because lying was more meaningful than showing love for a relationship which causes distress. Furthermore, Sissela Bok also says, “It harms the liar himself, by destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than a small thing”(4). Lying is…

Lying is not ok because it hurts yourself.For instance,in the article,Rejecting All Lies:Immanuel Kant,by Sissela Bok,Bok states that Kant says,”For someone holding such a position to be called a liar was a mortal insult perhaps because even for legal action or duel to be proved a liar could lead to self-exile out of shame.”Lying destroys friend relationships or any other type.Lying can make you lose people’s trust.Secondly,in the article Kant said,”Even worse it harms the liar himself,by…

have trust in you. This also shows how it is better to tell the truth, that way you could have people’s trust and be known to tell the truth. “He takes the duty of truthfulness to be a ‘duty which holds in all circumstances.’ A lie, even if it does not wrong any particular individual, always harms mankind individually, ‘for it vitiates the source of law.’ Even worse, it harms the liar himself, by destroying his human dignity and making him more worthless even than a small thing.” (Sissela Bok,…