...OUTLINE I. Thesis Statement Abortionists are guilty of taking the life of an innocent, unborn baby prematurely; completely disobeying the commandment of the Lord. II. Main Idea #1 Genesis 1:27 The Bible said that human beings, us, are made in the very image of God. Psalm 139:13-19 “…for I am fearfully and wonderfully made…” a. Abortion destroys and interferes with the work of the Lord. b. Abortion disannuls the plan of God. c. Concluding with the thought of ‘Children are a blessing from the Lord”. III. Main Idea #2 Exodus 20:6 The Bible repeatedly condemns the killing of the innocent. It is an act of murder which goes against one of the commandment of the Lord. “Thou shalt not kill”. Deuteronomy 27:5 The shedding of the innocent blood a. Abortion promotes killing. b. Abortion promotes child abuse. c. Abortion devalues life. IV. Main Idea #3 Isaiah 30:18 The Bible talks about a God being a ‘God of Justice’. a. The Bible said that we are to love unconditionally and show compassion. b. Abortion shows a lack of natural affection and faith in God. c. How can you kill without caring? d. How can you kill someone and think nothing of it? e. God has given us life so only He has the right to take it away. V. Concluding Statement In conclusion, there are no justifications that would disprove that abortion is not equivalent to taking the life of the innocent. (Elaborate further on this statement) ABORTION...
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...Sylvia Plath’s Mirror: A Reflection Misty Williams ENG125 Introduction to Literature Instructor Stephen Rogers July 22, 2013 I was drawn to Sylvia Plath’s poem Mirror because of her use of figurative language. I am also drawn to her dark style of writing. Personification, symbolism and metaphors used were key elements in attracting my attention. The personification of the mirror gives the point of view of an impartial bystander observing a woman as she struggles with her changing image and self-esteem. The simile is used to show a woman who is unable to accept who she really is. The use of metaphor explains how something as small as a mirror can have much control over how we view ourselves. Personification occurs when inanimate objects, animals or ideas are assigned human characteristics. In the first four lines the mirror is given human traits with the use of the word “I”, “Whatever I see, I swallow…” gives the ability to see and swallow, and “I am not cruel, only truthful” gives the mirror a sense of truth and honesty. (As cited by Clugston, 2010, 12.2) The use of personification brings into effect past, present and future. This different perspective allowed me to “see” what the mirror sees and not get involved in the emotions of the woman and how she views herself. The mirror and reflection are metaphors representing the exact truth. The mirror is "unmisted" by prejudice human "preconceptions" and reveals "only" the "truthful" viewpoints...
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...Running Head: Ethical Self Reflection Ethical Self Reflection [Name] [University and Area of Study] Abstract In many cases, a person must choose between two or more “rights” that may or may not align with both one’s moral and ethical standards. The care-based, rule-based, ends-based thinking to arrive at a decision rather than rationalizing after the fact are necessary for analyzing ethical dilemmas (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2012, pp. 164-165). The self-reflection needed to identify one’s fundamental nature, and to understand the morals, ethics and values one uses to make decisions are critical to becoming an authentic leader who is a moral manager that serves the people that follow him or her (Hughes, et.al, pp. 152-153). Ethical Self Reflection What is right? Morals define personal character related to the ideas of both right and wrong. Ethics, while inherently linked to morals and one’s moral obligations, is a set of moral principles used in a social system in which those morals are applied. In other words, ethics point to standards or codes of behavior expected by the group to which the individual belongs. These standards could be national ethics, social ethics, company ethics, professional ethics, or even family ethics. So while a person’s moral code is usually unchanging, the ethics he or she practices can be dependent on exogenous factors not controlled by the individual or the group to which the individual belongs. Care-based thinking describes what is...
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...week to receive the most current information pertaining to the scheduling of the course and required readings. Course objectives: International institutions have come to play an increasingly important role in global politics in the last century. Arguably the most prominent of these institutions is the United Nations (UN). Established in 1945 and in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the UN’s Charter set out the rights and obligations of Member States, and pledged to: “save succeeding generations from the scourges of war”; “reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights”; promote “respect for the obligations arising from treaties”; and “promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom”. A brief review of the state of the international system 70 years later, however, has led many to conclude that the UN is incapable of realizing its Charter ideals, and that the organization itself, and the very promise of global governance, is irrelevant. Indeed, challenges in peace and security, development and human rights have repeatedly underlined...
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...Reflection Paragraph Ender’s Shadow : 1 In the novel Ender’s Shadow, by Orson Scott Card I can reflect in the beginning that Bean is a tough kid that has learned quite quickly. He picked things up from the streets and learned how to not get bullied a lot and to stay away from certain people. He learned the essentials of living on the streets in a cruel world where nothing is nice and everyone is competitive. In the start he was about to die of starvation. He had mentally strengthened himself to survive. He chose to help Poke, because she looked stupid enough to believe whatever he said. But Poke came out to be even dumber than that and chose Achilles as the bully. This was her biggest mistake. Bean warned her, “"Kill him," said Bean. "If you don't kill him now, he's going to kill you." (10). Bean knew he was trouble because he looked smart, even with his gimp leg. Achilles was a cruel killer from heart and would do anything to win. Achilles was a thinker and knew what steps he should take to take control of Poke’s crew. He slowly persuaded everyone...
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...Values Reflection Marc Maier CJA/474 December 2, 2013 Terry Smart Values Reflection Values are the reflection of who a person is and how he or she sustains a fulfilling life. Values are not the same for everyone as each has inherited inadvertently his or her own values based on his or her environment and the influences that surround a person's life. The student will share her core values in what she believes from growth and development as a child to an adult. The student will view how others acquire and change his or her values. In addition, the student will describe what values do for us and what values do to individuals. Moreover, the importance of human values in the workplace. Core Values Core values are what a person believes and how strong we hold these values in acceptance to who the student is as a person. The student's personal values are similar in what she believed in adolescence. The knowledge and learning of values I obtained as a child was not one's the student wished to carry with her as an adult or throughout her lifespan. Individuals who helped influence my values were not part of my family growing up but rather, the influences were from teachers and other friend’s parents. Through learning experiences as a child and becoming an adult the student has sustain and upheld positive values throughout her life but not without change. Values important to me is integrity, honesty, respect, leadership, putting others before myself, paying it forward...
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...enterprise, in that it is driven by fundamental social values as well as the imperatives of social justice. These values and imperatives powerfully shape every dimension of educational theory, policy, and practice. From this perspective, education requires a normative frame of reference. Democracy, understood as not only a political system but more fundamentally as a way of life grounded in specific values and principles, provides a powerful point of reference. At the heart of democracy is the value of liberty, understood as self-determination. Self-determination requires that there should be careful reflection upon and rational deliberation concerning social values and, in turn, the imperatives of justice that inform the purposes and practices of education. It will be argued that philosophy constitutes a mode of inquiry and a discipline that enriches the capacity for reflection and rational deliberation, and hence it is essential for both democracy and the study and practice of education in a democratic society. Education as a Normative Enterprise There are a number of ways in which education is normative. While what follows is not an exhaustive list, it is arguably sufficient to demonstrate the normative nature of education. 73 In Factis Pax Volume 6 Number 2 (2012): 73-84 http://www.infactispax.org/journal/ First, education is an intentional activity. The planning and implementation of education isn’t arbitrary; it is purposeful and...
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...The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Some Ethical Reflections 75 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Some Ethical Reflections Adebayo A. Ogungbure Department of Philosophy University of Ibadan, Nigeria philosopher.bayo@yahoo.com Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK) New Series, Vol.3 No.2, December 2011, pp.75-92 thoughtandpractice@gmail.com http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index Abstract There are established ethical principles to protect human participants in biomedical research from undue exploitation by researchers. However, in the “Tuskegee Study” in the US, these principles were grossly violated. The task of this paper is to critically examine the ethical implications of that study on future practices in biomedical research, and to suggest ways of ensuring that such practices comply with appropriate ethical values. Key Words Bioethics, Biomedical research, clinical research, Tuskegee Study, paternalism, morality Introduction From time to time human beings experience health challenges, whether physical or mental. On its part, medical practice has made considerable progress towards combating or controlling many of these challenges. It is through research that the nature, symptoms and effects of ailments can be ascertained and remedies discovered. Medical researchers engage in both therapeutic and non-therapeutic research. Therapeutic research is that carried out with the purpose of treating disease. On the other hand, non-therapeutic...
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...Dekada 70 : Reaction Paper The movie “Dekada 70” was a reflection of the Philippine situation way back the said decade and there were various cases with regards to human rights violations. The oppressive administration of the then president marked tremendous ordeals to people borne the said time. Some of the most notable human rights violations that I have observed while watching the film was the oppression of the lead actress in the person of Ms. Vilma Santos. She was confined in the limitations of her home and for caring for her husband and children. She was forbidden to have a career of her own and was most of the time disregarded when she aired out reflections of her own opinion on things. Another thing that caught my attention was the strict adherence to marriage. Men seemed to think that time that they were God’s gift to women and by so saying, it showed how little women’s voice are given importance when talking about their consent on whether or not they want to be married. It was also an open knowledge to us who were not even borne during the said decade that the freedom of speech was not all free. Many of the press were forbidden to freely write and broadcast about the situation faced during the then administration. Education was also manipulated and many people had to keep themselves on their toes. The student activists and the street rallies were so brutal and many feared for their lives or for the lives of their loved...
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...The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Some Ethical Reflections 75 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: Some Ethical Reflections Adebayo A. Ogungbure Department of Philosophy University of Ibadan, Nigeria philosopher.bayo@yahoo.com Thought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya (PAK) New Series, Vol.3 No.2, December 2011, pp.75-92 thoughtandpractice@gmail.com http://ajol.info/index.php/tp/index Abstract There are established ethical principles to protect human participants in biomedical research from undue exploitation by researchers. However, in the “Tuskegee Study” in the US, these principles were grossly violated. The task of this paper is to critically examine the ethical implications of that study on future practices in biomedical research, and to suggest ways of ensuring that such practices comply with appropriate ethical values. Key Words Bioethics, Biomedical research, clinical research, Tuskegee Study, paternalism, morality Introduction From time to time human beings experience health challenges, whether physical or mental. On its part, medical practice has made considerable progress towards combating or controlling many of these challenges. It is through research that the nature, symptoms and effects of ailments can be ascertained and remedies discovered. Medical researchers engage in both therapeutic and non-therapeutic research. Therapeutic research is that carried out with the purpose of treating disease. On the other hand...
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...Fatima Mansuri student Id: 49050 Reflection diary Week 2: Cultural Lens Looking through a cultural lens means understanding that my background, values, and experiences dictate it and hence has an element of bias inherently to it in the way I look at things. Biases will prevail in the way I interpret, communicate, and decide on something. For instance, I can be partially blind to perspectives which are not in my cultural norms and hence overlook or misinterpret them. Understanding such biases goes a long way in fostering cultural humility and openness. It will make me more knowledgeable and humble in various cultural settings. If I strive to understand and challenge myself, it will lead to much more inclusive and fair relationships within situations...
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...purpose. According to the Third Geneva Convention, torture is known to cause no “no physical or mental torture, nor any other form of coercion, may be inflicted on prisoners of war to secure from them information of any kind whatever”. Who draws the line as to which specific practices are harsh enough to correspond to those words? Some have suggested that torture is worse than killing, and that torturing the innocent is morally worse than murder. The most prevalent forms of torture are burns, electric shock, sexual assault, beatings and hanging by limbs. Should torture ever be ok? I will discuss and compare views of this topic through two Christian moral theologians. I will analyze torture through Douglas McCready’s article When is Torture Right as well as Torture and the Imago Dei by William Werpehowski. Douglas McCready discusses both deontological and...
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...Steven Pou Professor Malloy American Civilization 2 Term Paper 4/21/15 The Disuniting of America: Reflections on a Multicultural Society Arthur M. Schlesinger, whose original name is Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger was born on October 17th in Columbus, Ohio, and died February 28th, 2007, in New York. He had graduated from Harvard University in 1938, and in 1940, Schlesinger was appointed a three fellowship at Harvard. This is derived from the society of fellows at Harvard University which gave Schlesinger the opportunity in the early stages of his scholarly career to pursue studies in any department, free from any formal requirement. This opportunity was only given to individuals who display exceptional ability, originality, resourcefulness, and academic achievement of the highest caliber. Unfortunately for Arthur, this opportunity was interrupted once the United States had made its entry into World War 2. When he failed his physical military examination he was appointed to the Office of War Information department, in which he served as an intelligence analyst from 1943 to 1945. In 1952 and 1956 he became a presidential speech writer to democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson the second. He had also served as an assistant and Court historian to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. He had also supported the presidential campaign for Kennedy which had ended when he was assassinated in Los Angeles. Arthur eventually returned to his teaching career in 1996 as a professor...
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...The Catholic Church has emphasized that the rejection of the RH bill is not about a Roman Catholic verdict but a reflection of the “fundamental ideals and aspirations of the Filipino people” (Sison 2011). The Church’s position is anchored on her disagreement with the proposal's anti-life stance and problematic attitudes towards issues that affect religious expression. Christianity insists that artificial birth control methods are offensive to life because these tend to suppress the formation of life, particularly in the womb of the mother. In traditional Catholic positions, devices or means that directly hinder the development of life is offensive to life—hence, immoral. In reproductive health language, abortion cases reflect “unmet needs for contraception” which, if used, could have prevented unwanted pregnancies. While the RH framework identifies contraception as a necessary solution in the equation, the Church finds it problematic. It is in this perspective that the fundamental proposals in the bill are deemed immoral. The Church has gathered its forces to show its resistance to the proposal. The resistance has reverberated in many local churches in different parts of the archipelago. The local resistance offered by the Roman Catholic Church is now shared by the evangelical churches, and Islamic believers. These church communities in the country have used every means possible to disarm the threat provided by this proposal. In response to this...
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...its espoused ideals, and in turn the consequences that they would have on British society into the 19th century. Leading up to the beginning of the French Revolution political and social unrest was spreading in Britain. The country was divided on one argument: the rights of man. On one side of the argument were the radicals who strongly supported a new form of government, that of elective democracy. This group were countered by the loyalists who adamantly opposed such drastic changes and remained allegiant to the church and the monarchy. Loyalists vehemently opposed what they saw as the threat against traditional British values. The radicals were part of a post-enlightenment movement that believed citizenship and its right derived from natural human rights such as that of all men being allowed to take part in politic regardless of their status or background. This growing divide amongst British people at that time would be deepened by several events, the revolutionary events in that were about to take place across the English Channel, and the growth in the number of critical essayists, polemists and novelists following the publication of the hugely influential Rights of Man, written by Thomas Paine. Whilst Rights of Man was unquestionably...
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