Suicide crisis

In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda is a freshman who struggles with her first year of highschool. She called the police during a summer party and now the entire school hates her. Melinda is filled with fear, anxiety, and depression and is alone with no support. Melinda still has a fun and sarcastic mindset, making her compare herself to several objects or animals seen throughout the book. Some examples of these objects she used to compare, or symbolize with herself, are of the…

An ethical dilemma is a situation in which two or more courses of action are presented to a person who acts as an agent of change. In order to be categorized as an ethical dilemma, a choice is made between unappealing and equal courses of action (McCarthy 7). Consider the following scenario: a person on a dock with two individuals drowning in front of him/her. There are numerous ways a person may react in the above scenario. They may jump into the water and attempt a rescue of one or both of…

Honoring Parents’ Requests: the Ethicality of Termination in Case Study #1 Ethical dilemmas revolving around those with disabilities are quite frequently a topic of contention within the general public, namely that of which asks the question of whether or not one with a disability should live or face significant struggles in the future. The case presented involves a child with Down Syndrome who necessarily requires a stomach procedure in order to survive independently; the child’s parents…

“Rachels and Brock” Rachels thesis is active euthanasia is morally permissible under conditions when passive euthanasia is morally permissble and the patient wants active euthanasia. Rachels argue there is not a difference between killing someone or letting one die( Rachels pg 649). Rachels makes reference to patients with terminal illness. Once treatment is no longer allievate pain, the patient and family is requesting help because of the suffering. Rachels introduce another point the…

Guilt – n. the sensation of sadness and despair that follows an action of wrongdoing. It’s common to feel guilt after one has committed something that goes against their ethics. One can never escape guilt, as it is always present. In a passage from his autobiographic novel, A Summer Life, Gary Soto shows the eternal struggle of a six-year old over doing right and wrong and explains the overexaggerated guilt a young one may feel after doing wrong by way of imagery, diction, and symbolism. From a…

Analyzing “The Death of a Moth” Gary Gilmore states that, “Death is the only inescapable unavoidable sure thing. We are sentenced to die the day we were born.” As we look into the “The Death of the Moth” we are able to see the conflict between life and death. Virginia Woolf illustrates that the struggle between both is neither won, or loss. In the way that Woolf changes the tone throughout the piece, and the metaphor of the struggling Moth conjure a sense of pity and hopelessness to the reader.…

Finding Light in Darkness Around the world there are many individuals go through challenging obstacles in life. Some may be little almost to no importance, but others may be very serious and difficult to overcome. An obstacle that many people deal with in life is depression. In many ways, Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” is very similar to depression and people who go through it in how their home is relatively like the cave, the slaves relate to the people suffering from depression, and the light…

Unorthodoxy Through Characteristic Traits Is there unorthodoxy in our world? Are people killed for being unorthodox? Is there a certain group of people that are unorthodox and another that are orthodox? In The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood, Offred, the narrator, is confined to few rights just like the other females in the Republic of Gilead. As a Handmaid, Offred’s only job is to conceive a child with a Commander. During their daily walks, Offred and Ofglen…

possibility of recovery. According to the research conducted in Netherland in 1991, euthanasia only shorten terminally ill patient’s life by a maximum of 1 week. The standard time it shortened their life was by few hours only. This shows assisted suicide or euthanasia is carried out to only those patients who have near impossible chances of recovery and to end the extreme agony. Another argument against euthanasia is that it infringes on a person’s fundamental right to live. The argument itself…

Case Study 1: “The Case of the Woman Who Dreams of Stress,” page 162 2. Case Study 2: “The Case of John Buckingham, the New Guy on the Job,” page 530 Hidaya Assaf 22551214 October 18, 2017 Essentials of Psychology SSC130 Assignment 250064 Case Study 1: “The Case of the Woman Who Dreams of Stress,” page 162 1. Arlene is worried that her recent dream experiences indicate that something is wrong with her. If you were Arlene’s friend and wanted to reassure her, how would…