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- 1361: Absolute Truth
- ... of all time. He preached out against immorality and many other evils. He spent his whole life teaching other people how to be good and moral. In the “Crito” he is imprisoned and awaiting his death sentence for misleading the youth, of which he has been wrongly accused. Crito, his friend, comes to visit him in jail and they have a long conversation, which is the “Crito.” Socrates and his friend ... and didn’t wish to see him killed. Socrates made the point that if he were to leave jail, he would be breaking the law. Even though he had been wrongly accused and sentenced to death for no reason, he couldn’t go against his own teachings, or else his whole life would have been in vain. He knew that if he didn’t escape, he would die and would orphan ... wrong, and he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Adolf Hitler is directly and indirectly responsible for more deaths than almost anyone in history. Over six million Jews alone were killed because of his death camps. In The Plot to Kill Hitler, a group of German officers and many others formed an underground society to try and kill Hitler. Most people would agree that what they were doing was ...
- 1362: Physician Assisted Suicide
- ... is mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. “Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides the patient with the means and/or knowledge to commit suicide”(Death and Dying,91). “Euthanasia is when the physician administers the death causing drug or agent”(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of Florida v. Charles Hall. “Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by ...
- 1363: Albert Einstein
- ... up for auction. It raised six million dollars, the manuscript today being in the Library of Congress. By 1949 Einstein was unwell. A spell in hospital helped him recover but he began to prepare for death by drawing up his will in 1950. He left his scientific papers to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a university which he had raised funds for on his first visit to the USA. Being Offered the Presidency of Israel: One more major event was to take place in his life. After the death of the first president of Israel in 1952, the Israeli government decided to offer the post of second president to Einstein. He refused but found the offer an embarrassment since it was hard for him to refuse without causing offense. Last Wishes: One week before his death, Einstein signed his last letter. It was a letter to Bertrand Russell in which he agreed that his name should go on a manifesto urging all nations to give up nuclear weapons. It is ...
- 1364: The Epic of Gilgamesh
- ... these adventures because he wants to make the most out of life. Just being king and never leaving the city can be monotonous and boring. Gilgamesh travels to distant forests and crosses "the waters of death" for, what amounts to, an adventure. He is searching for something worth living for. Just as we, as people, can not live everyday doing absolutely nothing. This theme tells us that we all need some ... searches for immortality. In many stories there is a search for the Fountain of Youth. The water from this fountain would restore youth to the old and one would never have to die. Fear of death and desire to live forever has driven people to do all they can so that they may extend their existence to as long as possible. Because of the Bible, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ... for fame and bragging rights, people today say they have slept with celebrities and seen aliens. Today, in our advanced society, people are still looking for immortality. People do not have the maturity to accept death. This is why there has been an enormous growth in the health care industry. People want to live longer youthful lives. People want wrinkle-free skin in their 50's. People want to play ...
- 1365: The Nazis and Their Rise to Power and Downfall
- ... and property. Violence and brutality became a part of their everyday lives. Their places of worship were defiled, their windows smashed, their stores ransacked. Old men and young were pummeled and clubbed and stomped to death by Nazi jack boots. Jewish women were accosted and ravaged, in broad daylight, on main thoroughfares. Some Jews fled Germany. But most, with a kind of stubborn belief in God and Fatherland, sought to weather ... other conquered peoples. Month by month the horrors escalated. First tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands of people were led off to remote fields and forest to be slaughtered by SS guns. Assembly-line death camps were established in Poland and train loads of Jews were collected from all over occupied Europe and sent to their doom. At some of the camps, the Nazis took pains to disguise their intentions ... toward us. They fell right down in front of our eyes and lay there gasping out their last breath." What had begun as a mean little edict against Jewish civil servants was now ending the death six million Jews, Poles, gypsies, Russians, and other "sub-humans" Uncounted thousands of Jews and other hapless concentration-camp inmates were used as guinea pigs in a wide range of medical and scientific experiments, ...
- 1366: Physician Assisted Suicide
- ... is mentally competent has made the choice to either partake in physician-assisted suicide or euthanasia. "Physician-assisted suicide occurs when the physician provides the patient with the means and/or knowledge to commit suicide"(Death and Dying,91). "Euthanasia is when the physician administers the death causing drug or agent"(Death and Dying,92). The most recent case is that of The State of Florida v. Charles Hall. "Charles Hall is dying of AIDS and challenged the State of Florida to let him die by ...
- 1367: Carver's "Boxes": Something is Not Right
- ... which shows that the son's dialog does not match up with his thoughts throughout the situation. These gaps highlight a hidden theme that associates the son's feelings about his mother moving with her death. One of the reasons the son unconsciously believes he will never see his mother again, is because his mother mentions more than once in the story that she would like to die. These gaps in the story where the mother mentions dying in the same scenes that have to do with her moving associates her moving with her death. One instance that she mentions dying is where she is complaining about the weather in Longview: "I mean it, honey. I don't want to see this place again except from my coffin. I hate ... safety belt does not hold. At this point he also has unmentionable thoughts about his mother. Because of this gap, the reader can assume that these thoughts concern his mother dying. Because his mother mentions death, he starts thinking about her dying which continues through the rest of the story. There were apparent gaps again later in the story when her son becomes upset when discussing her moving and his ...
- 1368: Philip “Pip” Pirrup’s Development
- ... leaving Britain safely. When plans go awry, the convict is arrested. Unlike the Pip that the reader had grown accustomed to and become regularly disgusted with, he stays with Magwitch until the convict’s inevitable death. Touchingly, during the trial, Pip stood on the dock holding Magwitch’s hand in support. His mind was not concerned with the opinions of those who saw him or of those who would hear about ... convicted, Pip explains, “For several days and nights he was sentenced, I took no rest except when I fell asleep in my chair, but was wholly absorbed in these appeals” (468). Affected by Magwitch’s death, Pip became physically ill and depressed. The physical effects of a person’s death would have never touched Pip if he had been in morality stages one and two: shame and guilt, and self-gratification. His change is further acknowledged when he is captured by Orlick. The anxiety ...
- 1369: Views Of King Lear
- ... hero and that there is exceptional suffering and calamity slowly being worn in as well as it being contrasted to happier times. The play also depicts the troubled parts in his life and eventually his death that is instantaneous caused by the suffering and calamity. There is the feeling of fear in the play as well, that makes men see how blind they are not knowing when fortune or something else ... two daughters as well as the error he has made with Cordelia and Kent. Lear also suffers from rest when he is moving all over the place and the thing that breaks him is the death of his youngest daughter Cordelia. This suffering can be contrasted with other happier times like when Lear was still king and when he was not banished by his two daughters. The feeling of fear is ... a confused old man. At the end of the play Lear has completely lost his sanity with the loss of his daughter Cordelia and this is the thing that breaks Lear and leads to his death. Lear dies with the knowledge that Cordelia is dead and dies as a man in pain. "And my poor fool is hanged! No, no, no life! Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, ...
- 1370: Euthanasia
- ... controversial subject, not only because there are many different moral dilemmas associated with it, but also in what constitutes its definition. At the extreme ends of disagreement, advocates say euthanasia is a good, or merciful, death. Opponents of euthanasia say it is a fancy word for murder. Between the two extremes, there are various positions for and against euthanasia. One position opposes cases of active euthanasia, where an active effort is made to bring about death, such as in administering a lethal injection. A second position is the acceptance of passive euthanasia, which is described as declining to begin medical treatment as moral. Another position advocates that passive euthanasia is acceptable ... confusion is where “allowing to die” by withholding treatment might be more painful than a quick intentional lethal injection. Additionally, allowing a “passive” doctrine of euthanasia allows for decisions to be made regarding life and death that are made on irrelevant grounds. Rachels cites the example of not operating on an infant with an intestinal blockage because the infant has Down’s Syndrome as a prime example. Finally, the distinction ...
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