...This question is particularly controversial. There’s the option of trying to save a person in a heroic way, or simple saving yourself and sacrificing the other person, and avoiding death yourself. I believe that in it is acceptable to sacrifice the life of one person, to avoid two people dying. I think this because even though there is a chance of you saving the other person, but in most situations it is very unlikely and rational of the person to try and do so. Therefore, making the event of two people dying instead of one seems like a silly, stupid option, and all that for the off chance that you might save the person. Also, it is the duty of any person or society that when given a situation where at least one person will die, we should try to save as many people as possible. Therefore, we take the choice where there is the least amount of sacrifice: we sacrifice one innocent person, so that 1 may live. It's only common sense; better to have one dead than two. As humans, our moral duty is to save as many lives as possible in any given situation. Surely we should always you try to keep as many people alive as possible. On the off chance that the person risks their life and does save the other person, and then it was still a risk taken, but a risk also worthwhile. In terms of people’s morals and ethics, no-one would ever consider sacrificing the life off another person, as it would be against most people’s natural instinct. In the book ‘touching the void’, Simon...
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...You look in the mirror and brush your teeth, but you don't imagine that one day you might save the world. If you had to save the world, you would have to sacrifice something and might gain significance from it. For Nelson Mandela, he looked in the mirror and knew that he had to save the freedom of the Africans. From the injustice, government ruling all whites and would have to save them from discrimination in South Africa. Mandela sacrificed his freedom for his people's freedom. Mandela went to jail for 27 years. During this time Mandela couldn’t see his family, friends, or children he went to jail in Robben Island. He fought in jail, but his inspiring words reached the long trail of freedom for him and his people. When released, Mandela, he...
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...Fear, Love, and Sacrifice: Film Review of Donnie Darko By Ruby Redmond Professor Heck English 1010-122 9 September 2013 Outline Thesis statement: Donnie Darko (2001) is an excellent must-see film because of the conflict between Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhall) and Frank the Bunny (James Duval) and the underlying theme of sacrifice. I. Conflict A. Donnie Darko B. Frank the Bunny II. Theme A. Sacrifice to save loved ones B. Sacrifice to change others Fear, Love, and Sacrifice: Film Review of Donnie Darko Weird, attention-grabbing, different, and back to the future explains Donnie Darko perfectly. It is all about sacrifice and caring for loved ones more than you care for yourself. The characters are definably cut out, and their attitudes are astonishing. I guarantee this movie will draw you in more than any other movie you have ever seen. Donnie Darko (2001) is an excellent must see film because of the conflict between Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhall) and Frank the Bunny (James Duval) and the underlying theme of sacrifice. In Donnie Darko there is this weird, but agreeable, conflict between Donnie Darko and a bunny only he can see in his head, Frank the Bunny. Since Frank tells Donnie to commit crimes some viewers may not agree with these “crimes” because, they may think that any crime is bad, even if they are good. However, these “crimes” help Donnie and others as well. In one incidence he burns down a house of a man who speaks on letting go of your problems and helping little...
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...Although many thought it would never actually happen, the Trujillo regime has finally ended. Many credit this to the sacrifices the Mirabal sisters made but there are other things that are accredited for Trujillo’s fall. Various opinions regarding the sacrifices of the sisters have arisen shortly after the end of the revolution. While there are a large number of people that argue that the extreme sacrifices of the sisters were ineffectual to the revolution, others argue that they are the one and only reason that many people didn’t die. After some thought, I am forced to agree with the later. Minerva losing her license to practice law, and Minerva, Patria, and Mate abandoning their children were all justified as they meaningfully contributed to this revolution....
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...1. No I will not kill anyone to save other even if he’s hermit. We are not the one to decide who to kill or who to save. It’s in God hands. Killing is bad, therefore I will not kill one to save other five patients. In other words, I am a deontologist because deontologist said don’t kill or murder. 2. Yes I will try to save that person because he/she is innocent. I believe killing innocent is wrong therefore, I am deontologist in this kind of situation. 3. I think I will divert the trolley down the other track so it will miss the five workmen, but it will kill a single man. So I really don’t know if I am deontologist or teleological in this kind of situation. 4. I wish I can save both in this kind of situation but I think I will save a single man. As a human this is my duty so save another human. So I am teleological. 5. I will not nudge the man on the horse. Why would I sacrifices one to save another? Everyone is equal so I will not kill the man on horse to save another five. I am deontologist in this kind of situation. 6. I think I will sacrifice one of my friend to save rest of the group because if I not sacrifice one then they will kill all of us so I am teleological in this situation. 8. I will lie to them to save those Jewish people, even though lying is wrong. Lying for something good is not really lying. I am deontologist in this situation. 9. I will not destroy a square mile of wild forest. The tourist can go and live somewhere else for some days. I will not...
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...India Lewis Greenwell AP English 30 October 2013 Les Miserables: The Significance of Sacrifice Sacrifice is a prominent part of human living. In order to get what is needed or wanted, sacrifice is necessary, whether it is small or great. In the novel, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, he shows that in society, those with less must often sacrifice more. Hugo conveys sacrifice through the characters Fantine and Jean Valjean, by showing how they sacrifice in order to gain and also how their poverty makes their sacrifice even greater. Poverty pushes Fantine to make sacrifices throughout the book. She is forced to sacrifice raising her child, Cosette, and leaving her to strangers, because poverty has left her no means to take care of her. She left Cosette with the Thenardiers, because she believed she could make enough money to get her back again. “I have eighty francs. That will leave me enough to go into the country if I walk. I will go earn some money there, and as soon as I have I will come back for my little love” (Hugo 46). Fantine sacrificed her only accredited attributes for Cosette. She sacrificed her hair, “My child is no longer cold; I have clothed her with my hair” (Hugo 63). She also sacrificed her incisors to prevent her child from dying from disease. With these many sacrifices, Fantine gave up her dignity, of the few things she had left. She faced ridicule daily in the town she was raised in; from the people she trusted or had faith in, because she chose her...
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...that also need help. As Signer said, the relief need of places such a Bengal is far worse than what we have in the United States. Any of Singer’s attempts to change the views of charity vs. duty seemed very radicle. To say we all have an obligation to assist in every situation is absurd. Everyone can agree that suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care is bad. If we have the power to prevent these bad things, are we not obligated to sacrifice everything we can to do so? This seems clear that morally we are obligated to prevent things we have the power to prevent. Yet there are so many situations that people make exceptions on and where morality and reason is challenged. Singer gives a scenario, a child drowning in a pond; you sacrifice the $70 worth of clothes that you are wearing to save the child. Then he says child in Bengal is in need of food, shelter, medical care, and $70 would go a long way for this child to also save its life. Yet people are less likely to send money through charities to save the starving Bengal child due to proximity. Singer believes the moral answer would be the same for both scenarios. The difference between these two scenarios is the child in the pond depends on you for help. With the child in Bengal, there are other people, richer people that can assist. But when you add other people into the scenario with the...
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...even to each other whether it’s fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and even movies. Common experiences are separated into categories like loss, rites of passage, survival, self-sacrifice, and beliefs. Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and film often show common experiences in self-sacrifice to people of all ages and places. The fiction short story Through The Tunnel, by Doris Lessing, has a great example of self-sacrifice. Jerry is an 11 year old little boy, him and his mother are vacationing and he spends most of his time on the big kid side of the bay. Of course him being 11 and hanging around the bigger kids can make people do some silly things. Long story short, Jerry risked getting hurt swimming through a small, rocky tunnel to make the bigger kids like him. This relates to self-sacrifice and common experiences because many people sacrifice losing themselves to fit in with another group that may not be worth it in the end anyway. In the end the older boys’ attention didn’t even matter to Jerry, he felt like he didn’t need them anymore, he gained more confidence. Raven, from the fiction novel Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber, is dating a vampire named Alexander. He leaves Raven to keep her from getting harmed by other vampires, but she risks her life to search for Alex anyway. Ravens self-sacrifice was to be with the person she loved no matter what, and that relates to a mass of fiction love stories’ common experiences. Arland D. Williams, Jr. was a passenger aboard...
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...Fyodor Dosteovsky, Russian novelist, short story writer, and author of Crime and punishment portrays the meaning of family in various ways throughout the novel. Sonya, Marmeladov, Dounia, and Pulcheria show four very different feelings towards family. Sonya being one to sacrifice her own body in order to help her family. Marmeladov on the other hand fully aware of his actions, yet still bringing down his family one drink at a time. Dounia full of forgiveness and doesn't seem to let things get to her. Pulcheria on the other hand is willing to sacrifice her daughter to save her son. Each of these characters whether tied together or not, show very strong feelings towards their family, some negatively while others positively. From reading the novel you can put together that Dostoevsky wrote about these four very different perspectives on what it means to be a family from his own life experiences. People often sacrifice things of higher value to them in order to save their families. Sonya sacrifices her own body in prostitution in sake of her own family....
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...In the novel, Fahrenheit 451, author Ray Bradbury makes the main character, Guy Montage, who is a fireman in a future society, a hero. This novel takes place in a futuristic American city, where people watch an excessive amount of television and books are illegal. However, Guy Montag sees the importance of books and how they are needed in life. Montag goes courage, many sacrifices, and overcomes many obstacles to try and bring books back. An example that shows the heroines of Guy Montag is that he showed lots of courage throughout the novel. Montag shows courage by keeping books hidden knowing that it is illegal and he can lose his life by doing it. Montag also shows courage in the novel by agreeing to do the mission Faber, a friend of Montag...
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...reflect her personal love towards the stories of her culture. Grace Ogot passed away in April 2010. 1. Character and characterizations The main character or the primary character is Oganda which means “beans” due to her very fair skin. She is the chief’s only daughter around at the tender age to married and also the protagonist in this story. She is a very traditional and great woman where she willing to sacrificed herself so that the Luo will have rain. She also loves to imagine her future where she imagined which man should be the best man to married. Oganda is very disappointed on her people which they willing to give her up to sacrifice. Lastly, she also a person who easily to give up where she never fight for her life to run away or hide herself but choose to accept the fact that she is the chosen one and ready to be sacrifice. The supporting character would be Labong’O. He is the chief of Luo. He has 5 wives and 20 children, among all Oganda is his daughter. He is the bravest man and a great leader of the village. He always holds his...
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...People around the world make sacrifices for their friends, families, and other loved ones. In the novel, “Krik? Krak!” by Edwidge Danticat, Danticat writes small stories about the difficulties and obstacles that people have to face. Each story represents a struggle that the Haitian people face in order to pursue happiness and a better life. Danticat is showing how people need to go through hardships in order to provide hope for their present and future families. In the short story “Children of the Sea”, the female narrator's dad sacrifices all the money he has, so that his daughter won’t be taken away into the youth federation. The female narrator says, “papa heard about it. he went to the post and paid them money, all the money he had. our house in port-au-prince and all the land his father had left him, he gave it all away to save my life” (21). This sacrifice that the father made, hoping that his daughter will have a better life, shows how...
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...man named John Proctor. Proctor faced an agonizing test trying to save the world he destroyed; because he accepted his sin, sacrificed his reputation in an effort to save others, and chose to die rather than compromise his integrity saved the town from further caving in on itself, making him the tragic hero of the story. John Proctor struggles...
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...when she finds out that her husband is marrying a second wife. Consequently, this tale portrays one of the twelve core qualities; sacrifice. Another Lakota tale, “The Story of the Trickster’s Song,” speaks of the Lakota trickster, Iktomi, who kills a flock of ducks while he pretends to be singing them a sacred song. Moreover, this story depicts the core quality truth. Finally, there was the courageous tale, “The Story of No Moccasins,” which told of a Lakota woman named No Moccasins who...
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...are here on earth. As i started to travel the world I started doing somethings in my life it makes me believed that life on earth is not only what many people think today, that is what i call the 2M the money and the materials, that makes the many people says that they are satisfied in what they do and what they believed but, some people don 't think about the salvation that is very important and essential to one's life soon. In my life experience, honestly I cant say that I'm save from my summit sins but i can say that God truly makes a way for us to be save. I was part of a youth ministry before and that organization really helps me to understand more about the importance of salvation. i had proved to my self that salvation may be in many ways like for example sacrifices, a person, a song, a documentary, or in t.v. Salvation in my life experienced is a sacrifice because before i made a lots of mistakes though i know that i can offend God through my doings but god really wants me to be save. Many people told me that the death of my father without any signs that he is going to say goodbye to us has a purpose in God and what I am thinking right now is my fathers death is a helping mechanism for me to change my bad sides, to realize my moral law breaking attitudes and to help my self in changing those stupidities i did before. I knew it that when I got pregnant without taking marriage first is an immoral that breaks Gods law...
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