Wednesday, March 20, 2013
2nd google 20%
For my google 20% this time around, i am going to be writing a book that is similar to Red Dawn. Possible obstacles i could face are whether or not i would be able to finish in time. Possible consultants for this are history?English Teachers, so i could ask about writing a book and info about foreign countries.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Terri Schiavo Case Study assignment
Beginning in 1998, Terri Schiavo was in coma, or a long-term unconsciousness. She stayed in that state until her death in 2005. However, this brought about one of the biggest court debates in history, a debate which spread into the media and the minds of everyone in the country. The question everyone was asking themselves and each other? should the plug be pulled on Terri Schiavo, or should she be kept alive, whether she recovers or not? Her husband claimed that she would want the plug pulled, and her parents wanted her kept alive. In the end, the plug was pulled on her, and Terri Schiavo died. However, that debate continues to rage today, and seems to leek into similar cases as well.
In my opinion I believe that it was not justified to pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Although it is true that she could not due much to benefit herself or society, she was still alive. She was starting to recover a bit by bit, but she was never given the chance to fully recover because of her husband. Her husband did not allow her to take certain medications or go to physical therapy. Also her husband kept her in bad living conditions as well. He did not allow visitors or gifts unless approved by him. Also, there were also things such as therapy dogs that he would not allow to visit her either. Finally, he was just a terrible husband in general. While she was in the coma, he already had a new girlfriend (they are married now) and based on doctor observations on her body, he may have beaten her as well.
Its is not justified to have pulled the plug on Terri Schiavo, because she was still alive, and could have recovered if she was given the proper "tools" and "environment" to do so. I believe it is not right to allow someone to die if you know you can help them. That is why I believe it was not justified to allow her to die.
Question I'm answering? 2. PERSONHOOD: Is Terri Schiavo still a person? Is she the same person?
Terri Schiavo was, no is, still a person. Simply because you die, or you find your self in a situation like hers, do you lose every aspect about you? Does your personality, goals, accomplishments, and everything like that simply get "erased" from history? Does every single person alive now forget you ever existed at all. The answer is no. However, Terri Schiavo is not the same person. But she is still a person, some might say she is a new whole new person.
Sources:
http://rense.com/general63/mmr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/schiavo-facts/
info told to me by other students in my class after they researched the same topic during class discussion.
In my opinion I believe that it was not justified to pull the plug on Terri Schiavo. Although it is true that she could not due much to benefit herself or society, she was still alive. She was starting to recover a bit by bit, but she was never given the chance to fully recover because of her husband. Her husband did not allow her to take certain medications or go to physical therapy. Also her husband kept her in bad living conditions as well. He did not allow visitors or gifts unless approved by him. Also, there were also things such as therapy dogs that he would not allow to visit her either. Finally, he was just a terrible husband in general. While she was in the coma, he already had a new girlfriend (they are married now) and based on doctor observations on her body, he may have beaten her as well.
Its is not justified to have pulled the plug on Terri Schiavo, because she was still alive, and could have recovered if she was given the proper "tools" and "environment" to do so. I believe it is not right to allow someone to die if you know you can help them. That is why I believe it was not justified to allow her to die.
Question I'm answering? 2. PERSONHOOD: Is Terri Schiavo still a person? Is she the same person?
Terri Schiavo was, no is, still a person. Simply because you die, or you find your self in a situation like hers, do you lose every aspect about you? Does your personality, goals, accomplishments, and everything like that simply get "erased" from history? Does every single person alive now forget you ever existed at all. The answer is no. However, Terri Schiavo is not the same person. But she is still a person, some might say she is a new whole new person.
Sources:
http://rense.com/general63/mmr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case
http://www.patientsrightscouncil.org/site/schiavo-facts/
info told to me by other students in my class after they researched the same topic during class discussion.
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