...During the eugenic movement there were internal concerns about criminals, insane, feeble mindedness, alcoholics, paupers, derelicts, delinquents, orphans, prostitutes and those unable to support themselves. These traits were considered to be hereditary defects that cannot be eliminated by environmental procedures. Many studies supported and illustrated the use of sterilisation as negative eugenics such as the Juke family published in 1875 and the Kallikak family in 1912 where one or more members of the family were considered to be unfit. In 1907 Indiana was the first state to pass involuntary- sterilisation based on the eugenic ideologies of the unfit. By 1931, 30 states had passed this law. As the concept of the “unfit” was subjective and...
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...Outline ( Euthanasia-Why it should be allowed? ) Title : Euthanasia- Why it should be allowed? Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about definition, types of Euthanasia and the argument in favour of Euthanasia. Central idea : Euthanasia proposed on three arguments in favour of it which are the good death, right to maintain human dignity and justice. I. Introduction A. What is euthanasia? 1. The act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy. ( Wikipedia ) 2. Euthanasia is the intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his or her alleged benefit. B. Classifications of euthanasia. 1. Voluntary euthanasia 2. Involuntary euthanasia 3. Euthanasia by action C. Euthanasia results in the Netherlands.( Churches for Life, 2008 ) II. Arguments in favour of euthanasia. A. The good death. 1. described ideally as drifting into death in a pleasing environment as one falls asleep ( L Mishara, 2011 ). 2. Euthanasia can be seen as a way to assure that a person dies in a dignified and appropriate manner. a. Case on Mrs Boyes where she was requested for voluntary active Euthanasia. She was so...
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...Applied Eugenics Ashley Harris PHI 103 Informal Logic Instructor Eric Maass Ashford University September 11, 2014 Applied Eugenics P. Propene and R.H. Johnson approach the ideology of eugenics and present information that would promote the “racial betterment” of humanity and the Caucasian race. They emphasize the chance of “imbecile” and “unfit” children are high when races are mixed and this this is the reason that eugenics is a positive change for the world. The flow of immigrants from inferior nations in Europe, Africa and Asia are seen as a threat to the work that the “patriots and forefathers” put forward to make America into a flourishing nation. Eugenics is seen as a solution to a population boom and unwanted pregnancies in poor and overcrowded communities, the majority of which is made up by minorities. . In impoverished communities it would be a god send in order to keep mothers form having children they cannot afford to take care of while also keeping the unfit and inferior community at manageable numbers. The authors also mention the overcrowding of Asian countries and recommend legal restrictions to prevent the same issue in the United States. Propene and Johnson also mention that though there are races that are compatible with the Nordic line, there are still some who are unfit to procreate. This excerpt is inductive and deductive in nature, though it can be seen as valid or invalid, weak or very strong; the audience of the discussion would be the judgment...
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...PHI 115- Ethics 5/7/2014 Euthanasia The purpose of this research paper is to prove that the process of euthanasia is wrong, it is against the natural and moral end of human’s life , and the most of all , it is unethical. Euthanasia from Greek: “good death” or “mercy killing”, is the practice of ending of life intentionally to relieve intractable problem of suffering. There are plenty of ethical issues to discuss, regarding this one. Proponents of euthanasia consider that death filled with suffering is wrongful and bad death. That is why these people are for legalization of euthanasia. On the other hand, opponents( including my person) of euthanasia would say that any deliberate effort to cause death is wrong and against eternal law ( God’s law). Ethics and morality, basically state the same to many people and they mean exactly one. For Instance, morality refers to personal character, belief and behavior, ethics is the reflection on morality with that person’s actions and his /her professionalism. When we say an ethical person or a moral person, that is the same meaning. Very often, in or common life we can hear both terms like medical ethics or bioethics, they both describe the same and have the same meaning. These are the guidelines...
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...individual that did not fit into Hitler’s purified race. This “cleansing” of the German race began with the sterilization program. After Hitler reaped the successes of the sterilization program, he advanced to his euthanasia program. Hitler did not only euthanize Jews and Gypsies, he also executed people with disabilities. People define euthanasia as, the act of killing or allowing the death of a hopelessly sick or injured individual in a quick and painless way. However, Hitler did not kill those innocent people in a quick, painless way. To maximize the...
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...Completely Human: Wheelchair May Be Included On a warm Tuesday afternoon in the sunshine state, students and faculty members bustled to and fro from my view parked in front of academic one. Waiting patiently for the next bus to come, I silently hoped the lift on this one worked unlike the last bus. Seeing as I would be late for class anyway, I just wanted to at least catch the professor. Tires screeched as I witnessed the giant shuttle bus hiss to a halt at the curb. Releasing my brakes, I navigated my wheelchair to a closer spot next to the great vehicle. Upon learning of my goal of reaching Modesto A Maidique Campus, the driver got right down to business turning levers and pushing buttons to let down to lift that is to bring me inside. Giving it a test drive, he continued to tap the buttons to direct machinery upward. Stubbornly, the lift wouldn't budge. Every switch and button combination failed to get the lift off the ground while the defiant lift wouldn't cooperate, a long line of students form to get on the bus. The minutes crawled by slowly but surely approaching the time of departure. As if setting off a silent alarm, everyone in the line fidgeted and squirmed with an insatiable itch to board the shuttle. The air was thick with the crowds’ agitation swimming among the murmuring, the grumblings and the glances in my direction. With the help of another personnel, the driver finally got the relentless machine to reluctantly move. Finishing up the test I was allowed to...
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...Preventing a Brave New World Derek Brown Grantham University Abstract This paper wills discuss Leon Kass's conclusion that reproductive and therapeutic cloning of human embryos is unethical. It will also converse the steps in Kass's argument for his conclusion and will talk about the strengths and weaknesses of this argument? Preventing a Brave New World You ever see the mover Jurassic Park? Did you take notice the basis of the of is about cloning dinosaurs DNA; I know for one, the world is not ready for dinosaurs to walk free about the earth again. This also brings to mind a movie titled "The Boys from Brazil". This movie too depicts cloning, where the DNA of Hitler is used to clone babies with intent of one them again reigning over Germany; the world wouldn't be ready for another holocaust. To continue heading down in which cloning is the standard, then these types of cloning are a definite likelihood. Would you be ready for a "brave new world?" Or would you try to "prevent a brave new world?" You decided! Would it be so bad to have a world were all is good, no disease, famine, or illness; everyone is the epitome of their father and mother eyes and all those living in a world where cloning the norm. There are those in the here and now who see cloning, in all it facets, as a good and wonderful thing, to be done by all, if your hearts so desires. "Some among us are delighted, of course by the this state of affairs: some scientist and biotechnologist...
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...Missouri, Pro-Life advocates have filed suit over the State's denial of use of "Choose Life" auto license plates. This issue is also alive in Connecticut, currently in the hands of Attorney General. THE BAD: · Planned Parenthood has announced that it will use its political power for the benefit of Pro-Abortion candidates. This group performs the gretest number of abortions in the U.S., and has sold over one million "morning after pills". There is a message here for all of us who send charitable contributions either to PP or to organizations that support PP. · There are too many examples of State governmental, non-governmental and private actions that are pro-abortion, anti-parental role, pro-embryonic cell research, anti-Catholic, and pro-euthanasia to highlight here. But the pro-abortionists are increasingly active, especially in an election cycle. THE UGLY: · A California bill to legalize assisted suicide gets a hearing next week. · Germany, the host nation of this year's World Cup,...
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...Olympics took place was advertised to be the Coliseum. The German Olympics created the modern ritual of having a single runner carrying the Olympic torch to the podium for the start of the Olympic Games (Berghoff, 2003). This ritual was taken from the Ancient Roman Empire in Olympia, Greece. The Nazis’ intentions were to portray Germany as the world empire. The Nazi party held the Olympics in order to create easement rather than tension by distracting the world from their aggressive militaristic and “eugenic” expansion. Though German athletes won most of the medals, United States athletes including African American Jesse Owens dominated the men’s running event with the most gold medals. Hitler never congratulated any other race that won medals except for the whites (Milford, 2012). Germany won 89 medals while the United States won 56. Germany’s domination during the Olympics gave dignity back to the German people. That success gave the Nazi party the confidence to authorize euthanasia programs in order to purify the German race to Aryan (Milford,...
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...Student: Instructor: Class: Date: Should “Wrongful Birth” or “Wrongful Life” Lawsuits be Allowed? Introduction The field of biomedical science has technologically improved to make it possible for medics and the parents of the unborn child to know whether a child will be born with defects or having acquired diseases that are hereditary in nature. Through advancement of technology in the medical field and the legality associated with the practice of abortion, a new class of tort developed in the 1970s. This tort was named as the wrongful birth and wrongful life. As at now, various prenatal tests such as ultra sound and Down syndrome enable early detection of congenital ailments and disorders. This development therefore enables parents to undergo tests that determine if they are carriers of hereditary diseases that may affect the developments of their infants. For example, since the development of medical technology, women who suffered from German measles in their first twenty-eight weeks of their pregnancy were known to bear children with defects. Developments of these medical techniques deduce the likelihood of wrong and incompetent application. For example, if German measles is misdiagnosed and such testing yield false results, prospective parents who are in such a risky situation may not be warned. As such, they might not receive the warranted counseling to undergo such tests. While such negligence occurs, the possibility of giving birth to a defective child is very...
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...Hitler's racist ideas “In his speeches and writings, Hitler spread his beliefs in racial purity and in the superiority of the Germanic race—what he called an Aryan master race. He pronounced that his race must remain pure in order to one day take over the world” (ushmm.org). Hitler strongly believe that his “superior Aryan race” was the key to taking over the world and that it was really important to stay pure. This idea of superior race later took action. According to “The Nazi Euthanasia Program“, an article going into detail about the Nazis and their ideas of a master race, it says “The result, eugenics advocates believed, was an overall biological “degeneration” of the population. As a solution, they proposed “positive” government policies such as tax credits to foster large, “valuable” families, and “negative” measures, mainly the sterilization of genetic “inferiors.”(Deadly Medicine: Creating the Master Race). In order to achieve this “sterilization of genetic” of inferiors, nazis had scientists study eugenics in order to stop child birth within those inferior groups. These studies were further tested within camps. In the online article “Sterilization Experiments on Trial”, which examined the several experiments done by nazis on human, it says "There are records showing that a Dr. Clauberg was able to sterilize several thousand women in Auschwitz simply by a single injection made from the entrance of the uterus in the course of the usual customary gynecological examination." (Fleishman)...
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...“According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on November 18, the city’s population was 10,388,000 in 2013, with the number decreasing by 54,371 from the previous year, meaning Seoul’s population has decreased three years in a row since 2010. (By other measures, the city’s population is already below the 10 million mark.)” Both of these attempts of population control through the use of mass sterilization and eugenics, though effective, have unfortunately produced more negative effects than good in both countries in which they were administered in. The only solution that wont cross any ethical boundaries would be to start intensive, and possibly forced, mass education programs. These programs could educate the youth in all countries, rich and poor, about future resource management, safe sex and skills that could eventually be used to see them employed into a line of work that will be beneficial to their country....
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...Audism Unveiled Movie Worksheet/Discussion Answer Key 1. The movie begins with “Attention: The following movie is subtitled for the signing-impaired.” This is an example of Deaf humor but also what underlying message do you think they are making known by doing so? Answer: Hearing Impaired is disliked by most Deaf because it defines deaf solely in terms of broken or defective ears that need fixing, or to be aided or corrected. Hearing force expensive devices to make Deaf more “normal.” Labeling them “impaired” makes them seem less capable, less human. Emphasis should be on the person not on the impairment; on what Deaf are, not what they lack. 2. What were the 3 reasons that the first woman did not get hired for a job in Texas? a. She was Black. b. She was a Woman. c. She was Deaf. 3. When in group conversations or watching movies without captions what response do Deaf hate the most from hearing people? a. It is not important b. Tell you later 4. What is one punishment for signing in school? Kneel on a broomstick with arms spread out 5. What are examples of discrimination throughout the world shown in the movie? a. Parents cut out Deaf kid’s tongue b. People refused to help deaf woman give birth for fear of touching her would make them cursed. 6. When does oppression occur? When people believed as a superior, control and dominate minority groups 7. Different names for oppression are: a. Racism b....
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...Christian decision. Mainline and Liberal Christian denominations: Pro-choice statements have been made by the United Church of Christ, and the Methodist Church on the US West coast. The 'Episcopalian (Anglican) Unitarian, Methodist, Presbyterian and Quaker movements are amongst the most liberal, allowing at least individual decision making in cases of active euthanasia The BBC wrote in an Aug. 3, 2009 online article titled "Religion & Ethics - Christianity: Euthanasia - the Christian View" on www.bbc.co.uk: "Christians are mostly against euthanasia. The arguments are usually based on the beliefs that life is given by God, and that human beings are made in God's image. Some churches also emphasise the importance of not interfering with the natural process of death... Christians believe that the intrinsic dignity and value of human lives means that the value of each human life is identical. They don't think that human dignity and value are measured by mobility, intelligence, or any achievements in life. Valuing human beings as equal just because they are human beings has clear implications for thinking about euthanasia: • patients in a persistent vegetative state, although seriously damaged, remain living human beings, and so their intrinsic value remains the same as anyone else's • so it would be wrong to treat their lives as worthless and to conclude that they 'would be better off dead' • patients who are old or sick, and who are near the end of earthly life...
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...Chapter 1: Ethical Theory Meta-ethical positions include: * Ethical non-cognitivism (concept that ethics is a matter of feelings) * Ethical relativism (concept that ethics is relative to a particular point of view) * Ethical objectivism (notion that ethics is objective in nature). Meta-Ethical Positions Ethical Non-cognitivism The basis of ethical non-cognitivism is that ethical disagreement can be a highly emotional affair where no amount of reasoning is likely to convince the other party. * Example: “Let’s just agree to disagree” Ethical Relativism * Ethical relativism says that while ethical statements are cognitively meaningful, they do not hold in any objective sense because they depend on our point of view. * If we accept ethical relativism, then ethical disagreement among people who do not share the same perspective becomes impossible. * It assumes that if people agree on something, then it must be true. * Ethical relativism is suspect for a pragmatic reason: it is fundamentally at variance with our social practice. * Example: “To each his own”, or the belief that what’s right for one group isn’t necessarily right for another Ethical Objectivism * Ethical objectivism holds that right and wrong are objective phenomena. * Example: “I’m right and you’re wrong” What is Ethics? * As a discipline, ethics is a branch of philosophy. * It deals with questions of right and wrong conduct, and with what we ought to do and what...
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