...Despite the unethical nature and questionable scientific validity of the nazi medical experiments, the results should still be accessible for scientific gain. During the Holocaust the medical experiments that were conducted were unethical. One reason being is that, the scientists hired to conduct the various medical experiments made an oath in the beginning of their career. This was called the Hippocratic oath, arguably the most important parts of the medical profession. At the time of graduation, doctors recite this oath as a promise of what they will give back to the practice of medicine. One particular part of the oath that the doctors have to recite is that “[they] will use treatment to help the sick accordingly to [their] ability and judgement, but never with a view to injury or wrongdoing” (The Hippocratic 1). By conducting horrific experiments such as internal irrigation where “the frozen victim would have water heated to a near blistering temperature forcefully irrigated into the stomach, bladder, and intestines” (Medical 1), the doctors violated the trust placed in them by the medical profession and humanity, making their data unethical. Also, the people chosen to be test subjects were treated no more than objects at the doctor’s disposal. Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor, states that her among thousands of others were “being treated like human guinea pigs” (I was 1). The Nazis dehumanized them by constantly treating like animals. In a different interview Eva Kor...
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...after at least 300 volts was reached. This experiment reflects how an individual can believe that their actions are justified, and how power affects the mindset and actions of individuals. However, once the volunteer’s guilty conscience reached its limit, the volunteer put a stop to shocking the other man and went against the authoritative figure’s directions. This experiment has aspects that support the theory of how people blindly obey an authority figure; individuals that practice baleful beliefs such as communism have become prominent figures due to the acquired blind support from others, even though the ideas that they assume have unappealing outcomes. As the Milgram Experiment proved, the Stanford Prison Experiment shows the negative effects of authority among individuals. In the Stanford Prison Experiment, 24 male college students were chosen for the roles of either prisoner or prison guard for a simulated prison environment in the basement of Stanford’s psychology department. The experiment was meant to last two weeks but ended after only six days due to several mental breakdowns, acts of cruelty, and a hunger strike. The Stanford Experiment’s purpose was to understand how roles and labels as authoritative figures developed under the simulated conditions of a prison. Through this experiment, it showed how being in an influential role caused several individuals to become dispositional, situational, and reflect deindividualization onto others. All of the volunteers were normal...
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...It seems that the times of Holocaust are already very far away from the point we are standing now, but everything is not as simple as it seems from the first sight. For many people this time will be something they will never forget, the time of struggle for an opportunity to survive. It was a time for fighting for the right to live, the time when Jews were killed just for “being Jews”, a time when a man with a “yellow star” was doomed. It took place in 1939-1945 and was introduced by Adolph Hitler, a man whose idea was to decontaminate the German race from all the minorities. Thousands of Jews were sent to concentration camps, killed or vanished. It was the time of “monopoly on violence”(Torpey, 1997) towards the Jews. This World War II period made an enormous impact on the direction that was taken by the social relations between Jews and other nations. Holocaust divided the lives of Jews into three periods: before, during and after it, which showed how hard was its hit.”…Cats have nine lives, but we - we're less than cats, we got three. The life before, the life during, the life after…"(Joselit, 1995 p.1) Jew people lost loved ones; homes, lives and it took them quiet a time to renew the curative power of their belief. The other main thing resulting from the Holocaust was the influence it had on future terrorism and the appearance of pure racism, anti-Semitism and discrimination. Holocaust the terrorists showed that the “big” goals could be achieved through any possible ways...
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...remove this darkness from one of the most tragic events to ever happen in history, the Holocaust. There is a classic German legend about a man named Faust. He was a highly successful scholar but was dissatisfied with his life. His legend has created stories of his success in art and music, but the legendary of this man doesn’t end there. According to the legend, Faust sold his soul to the devil in exchange for vast earthly rewards. Millions of innocent Jews were killed by this so called legend, driven by a force of madness and evil of his own ancestors. In his own sick twisted mind he saw an opportunity to solve the problem once and for all by killing off the Jews. It is said that the Holocaust was based upon vague, trivial, or even inaccurate representations. With so much controversy and doubt on the Holocaust did or did it not really happen, everyone has their own point-of-view. Ironically for the people of Germany this legend had an all too real comparison to true events on its history. According to stories from survivors the voices of the dead can still be heard crying out for help. There are many authors who wrote books with great detail on the Holocaust, giving their perspective point of view on this tragic event. During the Holocaust it is said that over six million Jews suffered countless amounts of obscenity throughout the history of time. In the book Histories of the Holocaust by Dan Stone, the author describes the legendary of one man, the will to survive, the...
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...preferences • Help Turnitin Originality Report • Processed on: 05-27-10 1:02 AM CDT • ID: 138543746 • Word Count: 1075 • Submitted: 1 Similarity Index 29% What's this? Similarity by Source Internet Sources: 28% Publications: 19% Student Papers: N/A exclude quoted exclude bibliography exclude small matches [pic]download refresh print mode: [pic] [pic]25% match (Internet from 4/21/09) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov [pic]2% match (Internet from 11/23/09) http://www.psych.ubc.ca [pic]1% match (Internet from 10/2/09) http://geethappriyan.blogspot.com [pic]1% match (publications) Thomsen, James Thompson, N. Ross, III Sh. "The future of acquisition excellence: Army, Navy, and Air Force acquisition strategies.(DEFENSE AT &", Defense AT & L, Nov-Dec 2009 Issue War Psy/210 May 26, 2010 Katrina Hilton Warefare is as old as human history and has played a crushial part in the development of civilizations, throughout that history. Which poses this fundamental question about human nature: were humans once peaceful living in harmony with each other, or is warfare and all the horrors that accompany it “natural”? Since the first recorded battle, thousands of years ago, combatants and non-combantants are affected by this brutal affair. Combantants risk injury, disfigurement, and death. Non-combantants, such as women and children, also face a brutal reality, losted loved ones, displacement, and even death. However, good does come from warfare...
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...Censorship or Parental Monitoring? “Censorship is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet or other controlling body. It can be done by governments and private organizations or by individuals who engage in self-censorship”). The freedom to read should never be taken for granted. Books of all kinds are an essential part of children’s development. The more books we expose and enjoy with our children the more they develop, learn and grow. Taking away or banning a book goes directly against our right to read and our right to choose. What children are exposed to should be the decision of the individual families. Monitoring books for violent and offensive material should be the job of the parents or care givers. Censorship should be the responsibility of no one. Determining whether material is offensive or not is very subjective. What may be considered offensive to one family may not be offensive to another family due to their different life experiences. Starting to label and categorize books as appropriate or not directly affects our rights as Canadians to choose, and the dangerous thing about that is where will it stop. "Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society … It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary...
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...The book, Night, written by Eli Wiesel, is an eye opening novel that sheds light on the horrendous events of the Holocaust from the perspective of a survivor. Wiesel shares his tragic story to provide a strong impact on the way the world might view what happened. Hitler had a plan to completely eliminate the Jews, so he had set up concentration camps. One of the worst camps that was created was the Auschwitz concentration camp, it was known to be the most brutal of camps. Eli Wiesel and his family were of the many unfortunate Jews to be sent there. The purpose of the concentration camps was to efficiently terminate the Jew’s race, but along with that, Hitler had a goal to completely dehumanize them as well. At the camps, the Jews were totally...
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...MODULE C – History and Memory Sample 1 How has your understanding of events, personalities or situations been shaped by their representations in the texts you have studied. Refer to your prescribed text and at least TWO other related texts of your own choosing. History can be defined as “the methodical record of public events” where memory is defined as “the faculty by which events are recalled or kept in mind”. Thus history and memory interrelate as history can be seen as the contextual justification for memory. “The Fiftieth Gate” is a poignant interweaving of history and memory. The text follows protagonist, Mark Baker an historian, son of Holocaust survivors Genia and Yossl (Joe), on an historical journey through memory, to uncover the origins of his past and act as a catalyst for future generations to also connect with their history. Mark Baker’s journey through history and memory is also executed through his conventional ideas that memory is biased and less valid than history. There are numerous references to the discrepancies between the personal memories of his parents and the documented history Mark as an historian believes. In this way it is apparent that Mark is on a quest for verification, “my facts from the past are different”. This displays the flaw Mark traditionally notes in memory and his need for historical evidence. As responders accompany Mark on his journey, they also encounter the complexity of simultaneously being a son and an historian. This...
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...However, in a peculiar situation where one becomes anonymous, it can begin to manifest itself in anyone. Todd L. Belt’s The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil thoroughly discusses this ideology and how people react to deindividuation. “Those who establishes and maintain a system which encourages and allows situations predisposing individuals within them to commit evil acts are themselves responsible for structuring opportunities for sin to flourish.” (Belt 646) In an environment where heinous acts are allowed, an individual will not be targeted for any negative actions; therefore they will not feel personally responsible for said actions. In addition, Belt further comments, “He meticulously details the situational factors which can make good people engaged in evil acts in order to meet natural and normal human needs for safety, knowledge, and affection...
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...this really the case? The classical theory is the earliest form of management that perceived that a set of universal principles would apply to all the organizations in all situations to achieve efficiency and organization's goals. Scientific management and bureaucratic theory were one of the several components of the classical school of organization. Important pioneers among them are Frederick Taylor and Max Weber. The classical theories have been contested of little relevance to work and organization today simply because today’s organizations have moved from industrial revolution to the information age due to the fast-paced change in technology (Toffler, 1984). Although bureaucracy has been synonymous to red tape and has negatives effects such as “rigidity, alienation and low commitment” (Adler, 1999, p.37) and dehumanizing people (Grey, 2009), the characteristics of bureaucracy such as specialization, hierarchy of authority, system of rules and impersonality (Stewart, 1986) as well as evidence of ongoing existence of this management method, bureaucracy is proved to remain noteworthy. This essay will examine the situation presented in organization today, and determine whether bureaucracy and scientific management can be considered as old fashioned, out of date and of little relevance to work and organization today. With the broad set of powerful economic, social and technological changes – greater competition, globalization of production, rising demand for innovation...
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...susceptibility to developing PTSD is heritable to varying extents. In a study of monozygotic and dizygotic twins (including mixed gender), 30% of the variance in susceptibility to PTSD can be attributed to genetics alone (Voisey et al 2014:874). However, in a separate interview of female monozygotic and dizygotic twins, 71% of variance in PTSD was attributed to additive genetic effects (Sartor et al 2011:1502). Not only do these twin studies demonstrate heritability, the fact that the study restricted to females resulted in genetics accounting for over twice as much as in the separate mixed gender studies suggests that the development of PTSD may be differential depending on sex. The heritability of PTSD is further supported by studies across generations. Data collected from interviewing and screening Holocaust survivors with PTSD and their offspring resulted in findings that demonstrate a significant correlation between parental PTSD and offspring PTSD. Furthermore, parental PTSD was still a significant predictor even after offspring personal trauma was controlled for (Yehuda et al 2011:266). In studying the effect of parental PTSD as separate paternal and maternal influences, paternal PTSD had no statistically significant role on the occurrence of offspring PTSD when compared to offspring with PTSD without parents with PTSD (Yehuda et al 2011:266). However, offspring with mothers who had PTSD were found with higher incidences of PTSD as well (Yehuda et al 2011:266). This evidence that...
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...who died at Auschwitz at the age of thirteen and how, although her life was taken at such a young age, her memory and spirit continue to live on today. Adapted from the book of the same title by Karen Levine, HANA’S SUITCASE explores the journey of teacher and children at the Tokyo Holocaust Education Center take to find out who Hana Brady is—all from a suitcase the Center received with Hana’s name, birth date, and the word waisenkind (orphan) written on it. The children at the Center are captivated by this suitcase, and the girl who once owned it, and they begin flooding Fumiko Ishioka, the Center’s Director, with question after question about Hana. Fumiko recognizes the importance of uncovering Hana’s story for her students. This tragic event cannot be summed up in numbers or facts— it affected individuals, young and old, who each had a story, families, and hopes and dreams. As Fumiko slowly but determinedly reveals Hana’s story, she discovers that Hana was sent to live in Theresienstadt, a Jewish ghetto, and eventually died at Auschwitz. However, as devastating as this is for Fumiko and the children at the Center to find out, they also learn that Hana had an older brother who survived the Holocaust and was now living with his family in Canada. Fumiko and the children write to George Brady, asking him to share...
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...Terminator 2: Judgement Day The film ‘Terminator 2: Judgement Day’ is a science fiction film released in 1991 and directed by James Cameron. It is a sequel to the earlier film ‘The Terminator’ which began to explore the theme of technologies increasing impact on human life and the negative fall-out that will result in humanities over reliance on technology. ‘Terminator 2’ continues and then builds upon this theme by using religious metaphors associated with the apocalypse to give the viewers a bleak view of the future and the potential effect of technology. Not only can robots, using technology created by man, be sent back in time to try and eliminate members of the human race, but the technology itself has been developed to the point where it is able to make conscious decisions about the fate of the world and the human race. This ultimately sets the tone that humans will be the manufacturers’ of their own demise and it will be technology will be the cause. There is, however, an underlying theme of hope that technology can provide for man-kind, personified by the terminator character, T-800, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. The films plot centres on a T-800 terminator that has been sent back in time by the humans to protect John Connor, a young child who will be responsible for leading the resistance to the tyranny of the machines in the future. Another terminator, the T-1000 has also been sent back in time, by the machines, in order to kill John Connor as they know...
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...genocide. It is the killing of Armenian citizens during the First World War. The eventual happenings of those mass murders generated strong tensions with Turkey, by mentioning that the political heir of the Turkish Ottoman Empire responsible for the carnage (Smith 1-22).. But he refused to acknowledge the responsibility of academics, Governments and international organizations. The bodies of the women and children were basically the subject of protagonist discourses and the policies. The issue of belief in Armenian genocide and proof have brought the acceptance towards the continuing disputes that the crimes against the Armenian people were part of the many claims which were intended to target the Christian Armenians. During the Armenian genocide, Armenian women were owned and were forcibly kept as the wife and sex slave. This paper discusses the War bride in the Armenian genocide which had adverse effects afterwards. Body: The genocide definition corresponded to the nationalist government of the young Turks, who seemed to share the idea of equal citizenship with ethno-religious minorities (Greeks, Armenians and Jews) in the Constitutionalist revolution of 1908. Until this duration, they lived under autocracy of the sultan in a situation of pluralism-subordinate. Legal (Turkish) Muslims prevailed over minorities. Ottoman tolerance was also the consideration that any dissent against their domination triggered relentless punitive action. Nationalist uprisings of the 19th century...
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...(Adams, 11). The impact of the media's spinning the war lead to a positive demeanor in the nation, eventually proving the propaganda to be a necessary evil. World War II, for America, was a testament to the work and reward of the American dream. The media portrayed society during the war as succesful, hard working, and finally coming out of the slumps brought on by the Great Depression. In line with the “melting pot” stereotype of America, people from all ethnicities were fighting for our country (Adams, 11). After the recession, Americans needed a common enemy to bring them together as a nation. The war provided an enemy that was portrayed as barbaric, leaving Americans with little hesitation in fighting them. Later in the war, the Holocaust and its inhumane nature only strengthened the resolve of America's determination in the war. Citizens saw their country as saving millions of persecuted people from unjust and horrific deaths, a view perpetuated...
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