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- 701: Mental Illness
- ... seem to believe that they most understand their patients and that they should have the most control over where their patient ends up. On the other hand, advocates of patients rights say that under the Constitution of the United States each person is free to make his or her own choices about their health. These two views, the medical and the legal, are important in defining the rights of those who ...
- 702: Human Rights
- ... rights · socio-economic rights. Some constitutions have enumerated the first or the first and the second and attempted to set up judicial enforcement of such rights. The third category has not been stated in a constitution in an enforceable form, but some constitutions refer to them as directive principles of state policy Civil liberties Some constitutions contain a statement of human rights professedly in order to safeguard the freedoms of individuals ...
- 703: Euthanasia And Suicide
- ... job is to preserve life. The US Supreme Court in June of 1997 rejected the right to assisted suicide. They said that their is no protection for euthanasia under the due process clause of the Constitution. In the decision the court upheld laws in Washington and New York that makes it a crime for doctors to give life ending drugs to mentally competent but terminally ill patients who no longer want ...
- 704: Managing Information Systems
- ... not quite made it into law books or courthouses focus around things such as free speech, where should we draw the line on free speech and are hate groups protected by this amendment to our constitution. Other thing such as hackers and security on the Internet are also problems that will soon arise. Another litigation that everyone is probably aware of is the Microsoft court case where the Internet is the ...
- 705: Information Warfare
- ... In order to effectively execute a sufficient plan of attack in both economic and political situations, information has become the most valuable key to a nation. Part II The first amendment of the United States Constitution explicitly states that the American people are entitled to free speech. The people s thoughts and writings should be free from censorship, and they have the right to say and feel what they want. The ...
- 706: Genetic Engineering 3
- ... genetic engineering will undoubtedly do. For the last decade, science has made vast improvements in genetics, monitored by the Human Genome Project. The goal of this organization is to identify and understand the entire genetic constitution. "They have the daunting task of identifying and mapping all of the eighty thousand genes, in human DNA, they are making new discoveries weekly" (Reuterlinkextra). With these discoveries comes many implications, In reviewing the literature ...
- 707: Cloning 8
- ... is presently disallowed, who knows what the future holds? Most of this territory is uncharted. Boston University Professor of Health Law George Annas has asked, "Since cloned human embryos are not persons protected by the Constitution and theoretically at least could be as 'immortal' as cloned cell lines, could a particularly 'novel' and 'useful' human embryo be patented, cloned, and sold?" Our candid presupposition is that both humans and animals are ...
- 708: Alcoholism 3
- ... forbidden or frowned upon. The Koran contains prohibitions against drinking, and Muslims are forbidden to sell or serve alcoholic beverages. Hindus take a negative view of the use of alcohol; this is reflected in the constitution of India, which requires every state to work toward the prohibition of alcohol except for medicinal purposes. Abstinence from alcohol has also been the goal of temperance movements in Europe and the United States. Some ...
- 709: RAP CENORSHIP
- ... these views as hopelessly relative and bias: ...what he means by toleration is toleration of doctrines that he considers enlightened, and, by liberty, liberty to do what he considers right... The First Amendment to our Constitution allows us freedom of speech and press provided we do not violate any other laws in the process. As we shall see, there are no laws providing for music censorship. Music Censorship Throughout the history ...
- 710: Gun Control
- ... of self-defense. To fully understand the reasons behind the gun control efforts, we must look at the history of our country, and the role firearms have played in it. The second amendment to the Constitution of the United States makes firearm ownership legal in this country. There were good reasons for this freedom, reasons, which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially for hunting, and occasionally for ...
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