...Active and Passive Euthanasia James Rachels was an American philosopher who specialized in ethics and animal rights. Over the course of his career has written six books and over 85 essays. In 1975, Rachels wrote the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”, in which he argued that the distinction so important in the law between killing and letting die which was based on the principle of double effect. He argued that if we allow passive euthanasia, we should also allow active euthanasia because it is more humane and that there is really no moral difference between the two. In my paper I have chosen two questions to answer concerning the article written by James Rachels. Rachels offers two principal arguments against the distinction between active and passive euthanasia. What are these arguments? Passive euthanasia is when the doctor does not do anything to bring about the patient’s death because the patient ends up dying at whatever illness they may have. While active euthanasia is when the doctor does something to bring about the patient’s death, for example, the doctor gives a patient with cancer a lethal injection which causes the death of the patient. Rachels claims that "killing is not itself any worse than letting die." What support does he offer for this claim? Do you agree? Why or why not? Rachel argues that there really isn’t a moral difference between the two because many believe that killing someone is morally worse than letting someone die...
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...Why Kids Should be More Active By Sterling Williams ITT-Tech Cary, NC Introduction In the year 2015 it seems more kids are being less active in today youths. Is it because of the video games, the apps of the phone, and more internet access? As you look at how you grew up where you were mostly outside to how kids are today and how they are more inside the house. Where have the time gone where going outside to play with friends was the highlight of your day gone to. Is technology making our youth less active and lazy? Is riding a bike or playing outside to the streetlights come on a thing in the past? Why I Feel That Kids Should Be Active I feel kids should be more active by going outside more riding a bike, playing sports, swimming, and being around people outside of the house. In my position I feel like today youth should be involved in more actives than be stuck in front of a TV or on the phone. Being more active can help kids be more vocal and experience team work among his or her peers. Being active kids can help develop positive physical activity and nutrition habits for a lifetime of good health.Be an active kid’s uses builds character, interactive hands-on lessons and bright visuals to teach children that physical activity, healthy eating, and food safety can be fun. Exercise helps kids achieve and maintain a healthy body weight. Regular physical activity helps build and maintain strong, healthy muscles, bones and joints. Exercise aids in the development of important...
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...physical inactive” (www.fitness.gov 2010 ). This is why teens should stay active it has health benefits, because it provides more time with others, and teens are off the streets. Now day’s teens are not keeping in mind about health benefits that will occur when they stay active. It has been demonstrated that,...
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...sedentary and physically active persons. Answer each question in 75 to 125 words each in the space provided. |Questions for both lifestyles |Sedentary person |Physically active person | |What are this person’s nutrition needs? |The daily calorie requirement for people with | Most nutritional needs of physically active | | |sedentary lives depends on their body frame, |individuals can be achieved by increased | | |weight, gender, and height. Sedentary women |consumption of energy from a variety of foods. | | |should consume between 2,000- 1,800 calories |Active people should ensure that they meet the | | |daily. Men usually burn more calories, and so the|Dietary Reference Intakes to achieve maximal | | |daily allowed calories for men is usually between|health benefits. Regularly physically active | | |2,400 and 2,200 calories. Just like any other |people should have a somewhat higher daily | | |healthy diet, Sedentary people's nutritional |caloric intake, which should include extra | | |needs should not include too much...
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...Questions for both lifestyles: Sedentary person, Physically active person. What are this person’s nutrition needs? The daily calorie requirement for people with sedentary lives depends on their body frame, weight, gender, and height. Sedentary women should consume between 2,000 - 1,800 calories daily. Men usually burn more calories, and so the daily allowed calories for men is usually between 2,400 and 2,200 calories. Just like any other healthy diet, Sedentary people's nutritional needs should not include too much fat or carbohydrates. This rule especially pertains to this peticular inactive lifestyle because there is not much probability of these calories being burned off and being used for energy. Most nutritional needs of physically active individuals can be achieved by increased consumption of energy from a variety of foods. Active people should ensure that they meet the Dietary Reference Intakes to achieve maximal health benefits. Regularly physically active people should have a somewhat higher daily caloric intake, which should include extra protein, extra complex carbs, and extra water are all an absolute necessity. What are the possible health and physical risks for this person’s lifestyle? Too much inactivity can leave you prone to such deadly ailments as heart disease and obesity. Research has found that inactivity can also damage your mind, sleep cycle, and organs. It could even shorten your life: Spending 6 or more hours per day...
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...if you are one of the less fortunate people and have this kind of skin, what you should do in order to have a better skin?? What is the solution to it?? Slide 2 The solution is the product that I am going to introduce to you all today. The product is Aquafirm Weekly Active Foam Mask. This mask had been introducing to the world on 22 June 2011 and arrives at Malaysia on the month of July. So why do I introduce this mask to all of you??? Slide 3 Aquafirm Weekly Active Foam Mask is a self-foaming mask helps reset depleted moisture levels while activating skin-firming collagen production with 3 special ingredients that is Marine Microspheres, Sea Nutrient Barrier and Brown Sea Kelp. Okay, why do I specialist this 3 ingredients?? The first one Marine Microspheres is to plump the skin that is in other words it swell with water to fill wrinkles and provide long-term hydration within epidermal layers. Second, Sea Nutrient Barrier is a fusion of algae and oat extract for a micro-lifting effect on the surfaces cells of the face. Third is the Brown Sea Kelp which is rich in amino acids that support skin elasticity and collagen levels. So how do we use this product?? Slide 4 See the slide, the first step is to open the cap and press 2 to 3 pump in hand, see the mask is powder blue and have gelatinous texture which is thick with the smell of ocean! Okay before I forget, I want to tell you that you should use the mask after you have finish washing you...
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...Monday, 10th August 2015 Anasthasia, Varsha, Kavi, Hussein, Sunny Customer Services Active Listening Presentation Anasthasia – Slide 3, 4 Slide 3 Ask the class what they understand by active listening. Take around 2, 3 answers. Listening is such a powerful tool – it conveys to people that you are here to listen to them – that you are not pre-occupied with something that is distant and irrelevant. To listen; To feel as well as words – Words, emotions, implications. Focus on the speaker; Don’t plan, speak or get distracted. Look at the speaker. Use verbal and non-verbal encouragements; Why encouragement ? [Ask the class if anyone knows why ] * Convey interest and Keep the person talking. * Concentrate attention upon the speaker * Don’t agree or disagree. Use noncommittal words in a positive tone of voice. * Repeat one or two words of the person's previous statement. * Be aware of your body language! * Use varying voice intonations Verbal encouragement; Make use of words like: * “I see” * “Right” * “Uh huh”… * “Okay” * “Sure” * “Yeah” * “Yes” * “Wow” * “Really?” Non verbal encouragement; * Maintaining appropriate eye contact with the interviewee. * Occasionally nodding affirmatively to display understanding and interest. * Using expectant pauses to indicate to the interviewee that more is expected Various forms of non-verbal communication: * touch ...
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...thesis statement. The thesis should include your proposed solution. 2. Focus on the organization, focusing on one main idea per body paragraph. First address the high rate of teen pregnancies before examining the why and the various negative consequences. 3. Omit the questions from the body as you concentrate on providing the readers the answers. While you may have these questions, work on answering these for your audience. 4. Finally, avoid speaking directly to the readers, omitting the second person pronouns (you/you). At this point, you will primarily be writing in the third person point of view. Let me know what questions you have as we continue. ( Reducing Teen Pregnancy Are you a teen parent? Do you know anyone who is? If so how do you see their life compared to when they were not a teen parent? Big difference huh, that is because becoming a teen parent is not as easy as people say. Becoming a teen parent practically ends your childhood. There are many difficult times; you give up a lot of your teenage years to be a parent. Teen pregnancy has been around since a long time ago many people have tried to reduce the amount but have not been successful. Why? Why can’t teens be care free and not have to worry of being sexually active and instead enjoy their teen years? Whether it is planned or not being a mother is not as easy as it looks. The number of teen pregnancy is the highest in the U.S. Why are teens being sexually active at such a young age? According...
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...Case Analysis 10-3 Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc. I.Issues Why does net income not equal cash flows? Why do we need accrual accounting? (Why do not we fire all accountants and just publish summary bank statements) Why do the differences between owners’, players’, GAAP and truth number exist?(Can accounting numbers be neutral representations of what happened? What happens if a retired non-roster player (e.g. Joe Portocararo) returns to the active roster while continuing to earn the same money promised him in his guaranteed contract? Of what importance are the periodic net income numbers if the clubs can always be sold for huge profits? How should Bill Ahern resolve the accounting conflict between the owners and players? How much did the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club earn in 1983 and 1984? Facts This case shows that how different accounting methods can lead a company to different positions. That is what Bill Ahern was selected on April 9 to focus on reviewing the finances of the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., which was bought on November 1, 1982 by five shareholders for $24 million, because both the representatives of the owner of the 26 major league baseball teams and the professional players association agreed that Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club’s operations were representative, and the baseball club entity was not owned by another corporation, and it did not own the stadium where they play. So Bill Ahern was reviewing their finances on April...
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...I.Issues Why does net income not equal cash flows? Why do we need accrual accounting? (Why do not we fire all accountants and just publish summary bank statements) Why do the differences between owners’, players’, GAAP and truth number exist?(Can accounting numbers be neutral representations of what happened? What happens if a retired non-roster player (e.g. Joe Portocararo) returns to the active roster while continuing to earn the same money promised him in his guaranteed contract? Of what importance are the periodic net income numbers if the clubs can always be sold for huge profits? How should Bill Ahern resolve the accounting conflict between the owners and players? How much did the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club earn in 1983 and 1984? Facts This case shows that how different accounting methods can lead a company to different positions. That is what Bill Ahern was selected on April 9 to focus on reviewing the finances of the Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., which was bought on November 1, 1982 by five shareholders for $24 million, because both the representatives of the owner of the 26 major league baseball teams and the professional players association agreed that Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club’s operations were representative, and the baseball club entity was not owned by another corporation, and it did not own the stadium where they play. So Bill Ahern was reviewing their finances on April 17, 1985. He had to make a difficult judgement in next...
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...whether people can legally passively or actively end their own lives raise many issues. Some argue that by allowing euthanasia will permit people to look down on human life, as if it is not important and can be used for certain criminal circumstances. On the other hand, others argue that permitting people to take their own lives actually maintains human dignity, since people should not have to die painful deaths. I believe that human dignity and the value of human life can best be protected and preserved by permitting people to chose to stop treatments which prolong their lives, but without legalizing the active taking of lives. The philosopher Dyck is representative of the the position that euthanasia should never be legal, because it does not entail compassion for one, or one owns human dignity. Dyck proposes an alternative moral argument to euthanasia, the idea of “benemortasia.” Benemortasia is the belief that a “good” death doesn’t need to be painless or be fully controlled by the person.. Not only does Dyck argue that our definition of good death should change, but he has multiple arguments for why euthanasia is morally wrong. First off, one who causes someone else’s death completely does violence to that person and those around them. The second is, it ends to means for one to clarify misunderstandings or bestow last kindness. The third states that suicide may cause years of suffering to others, and the final, it implies that others may commit suicide if they feel their...
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...ACTIVE DIRECTORY HEALTH CHECK One of the most critical and challenging aspects of today’s networked computing environments is ensuring that all network services are functioning optimally. The Accudata Systems Network Health Checks proactively examine your network resources to determine the health of your environment and that all resources are readily available and performing as expected. Why should you perform a Microsoft® Active Directory® Health Check? A directory service is the main switchboard of a network operating system. It manages the identities and brokers the relationships between distributed resources so that they can work together. Further, a directory service is a place to store information about corporate and organizational assets such as applications, files, printers, and users. It provides a consistent method for naming, describing, locating, accessing, managing, and securing information about the resources. Microsoft Active Directory was designed to be feature-rich, flexible, and scalable. Active Directory requires a considerable investment of time during the initial planning and design stages as well as throughout the life of the network. As the networking environment changes, it is critical to ensure that Active Directory continues to function as required. Some of the areas of Active Directory that often require attention include: Schema or Global Catalog replications do not occur optimally, causing intermittent directory problems FSMO roles...
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...There are so many reasons how, and why we should stay healthy. Simple things like brushing your teeth in the morning to something more drastic like participating in a marathon. It is very important for us as Americans to maintain a healthy lifestyle and to do so we need to improve our well being not only physically, but also mentally and emotionally. Physical activity is done for different reasons and in different settings. If you think of physical activity what comes to mind? Walking up the 6 flights of stairs on your way to work? Waiting tables from 12-8 at a restaurant? Or how about cooking your favorite meal? These are all examples of physical activity and remember it’s not the amount of physical activity you do but it also depends on the variety. Physical activity isn’t only about running marathons or going to the gym. That’s only the tip of the iceberg. Physical activity also involves being self-sufficient. There are all kinds of movements needed to carry out tasks and chores at home for example bathing, cooking, doing laundry, vacuuming, or shopping for groceries. Sometimes these activities can be quite demanding and people often hire others to perform these chores. But there has been an increase in sales for do-it-yourself manuals and more people are watching tutorial videos online to save time and money. Another way we use physical activity is through gestures. We use gestures to express our feelings and convey messages to other people. The first type of gesture I’ll...
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...formatting. How long have you been playing Minecraft? I have been playing Minecraft for four years. How long have you been playing on The Server? I have been playing on the server for 2 years. How active are you on The Forums? I would say that I am active on the Forums, because I post a fair amount and I...
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... Why do we need sexual education? In recent years there has been a large debate on how to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies and STDs in the United States. Although many agree that some form of sexual education is needed there are many opinions on what should be taught in schools and at what age. One approach is teaching abstinence only programs compared with teaching young adolescence about sex and contraceptives use and the risks associated with being sexually active. We compare the United States that currently has both the highest teenage pregnancies and STDs among young adolescence compared to other industrialized countries. This examination will show what methods of sexual education has been proven to work and why. Additionally we will examine why other countries have greatly reduced teenage pregnancies and what they are doing that has been effective. There is a significant impact on society and its costing our nation as well as the children of the teenager mothers. (Manlove et al., 2002). The first thing we need to look at is educating teenagers in order to reduce teen pregnancies and STDs. Second we will look at the need to being the discussion of sex at home and educate our children starting as the earliest age possible. Finally we will look at how comprehensive sex education as well as abstinence only programs can greatly reduce the risks associated with teen pregnancies and STDs. The more comprehensive sex education we teach our teenagers...
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