The Slippery Slope

Thomson believes that, at least in many cases, an abortion performed when the mother’s life is not threatened by the pregnancy would not be unjust. For Thompson to establish this, she needs to refute the “extreme view” against abortion, which holds that the foetus is a person from the moment of conception, and that all people have a right to life. Thus, it would be wrong to kill a foetus. Rather than focusing her argument on whether a foetus is a person – for she concedes that all people do for…

Physician Assisted Suicide: Death With Dignity or Legal Murder? I. Introduction Physician assisted suicide, since its legalization in the Netherlands in the early 2000’s, has spawned a heated debate on whether or not a patient afflicted with an exceedingly serious, terminal illness has the right to die. This controversial question has led many experts and researchers, to publish their own opinions on the divisive topic of PSA, including Mary Louanne Friend, author of “Physician Assisted Suicide:…

Many people have limited knowledge on how their beloved chain restaurants came to be. Likewise, I know that I don’t wonder about the persons who started the movement of fast food chain restaurants when I am in a drive thru picking up my Big Mac. The movie “The Founder” by John Lee Hancock decided to unmask the history and the drama involved in founding McDonald’s. However, while many see the McDonald’s today as a wholesome and family friendly restaurant, they do not know the underhanded…

Stephen Lucas spends two chapters discussing the importance of persuasion. The first chapter, chapter 16, discusses what persuasive speeches are; the second chapter, chapter 17, discusses the methods of persuasion. Persuasion is used in much more than just speeches; persuasion is used in everyday life. This journal is about the methods of persuasion. To begin this chapter Stephen Lucas asks the question what makes a speaker persuasive? Many people have tried to answer this question but the man…

After moving to a small, rural community in Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, I was shocked to see the limited amount of 12 step recovery meetings in this area. Since moving here, I have already run into several of my drug and alcohol clients at AA meetings, and the ethical issue of boundaries has needed to be dealt with. Scott (2000) stated, “many addictions counselors are also in recovery and attend 12-step programs in the community. Thus, they often find themselves in a dual role with clients,…

Honesty, ethics and professionality are one of the main quality’s that are important for individuals in the criminal justice system. Each of these play a main role in preserving intact the criminal justice system as we know it. A police officer named Jim entered a Sandwich shop during the lunchtime rush. Once in line ready to pay for his meal the owner tells the police officer that payment wasn’t necessary. The officer would be left with the decision of pay or to not. In many cases officers…

Of course, the big questions that remain are, where will the money for the body cameras come from and how much will it cost? Well two days prior to the grand jury decision in Garners case, President Obama announced $263 million in federal funding, for law enforcement agencies to purchase and test body worn cameras on police officers, with the purpose of improving training and bringing transparency (Sink). However, there is still is no official established rules for where the money will come…

Imagine a world without America as the strongest and most powerful country. What if our government just collapsed, or we were taken over by other nations? Our country is declining, in many of the ways ancient civilizations like Rome did. There are people trying to run for office that would only make these problems worse. Our country needs a leader that is knowledgeable in foreign policies and knows how to run the military. They need to be a strong leader, and confident in the important things…

Two wrongs don’t make a right, how can you morally solve a problem is there is no ethically correct answer. Torture is a problem from hell, sometimes you have to choose the lesser of two evils. BBC conducted a survey in 2006 about the use of torture. The survey included over 27,000 people from 25 different countries. The majority of the population agreed that torture in prisons should not be allowed; it is immoral and it weakens human right standards. Although there was a mass agreement about…

Canada, like many other countries, embraces a liberal democracy social system, putting an importance on the promotion of civil liberty, equality, and community. Our country is widely viewed as an exemplar of liberalism, which strongly emphasizes choice and autonomy as fundamental principles for each individual. The state promotes the ideology that an individual’s life belongs only to them, that each individual has the right to their own means and ends, along with the right to make decisions,…